Group demands ban on Fajr Aazan across India

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Re: Group demands ban on Fajr Aazan across India

@psyah

Have you even read my response? If you had you would realise that your remarks are out of place … I am arguing for pluralism - which means “all religious groups get their way” … And according to my post all religious groups have an ingrained culture for waking early … My argument is that the new contention to Azaan is misplaced … It has never been a problem before.

Maybe before there wasn’t much of a ‘ratings war’ going on between mosques to attract customers and put down competition.

An analogy is ban on kite flying in Lahore. Before, there were a few fatal incidents every year during basant but by and large, people enjoyed the festival. Things got worse after introduction of ‘non-breakable’ string and metal strings used to fly kites. After a loss of many many lives, government tried to control the industry for a couple of years but when people didn’t listen, the whole thing had to be shut down.

Cultural vibrancy and plurality is to be weighed against social harmony. Mosques, with their unruly behavior, have been asking to be banned from use of loudspeakers for a long time now.

There is no fajr azaan on loudspeakers in Japan, but do we see the country full of “weak-willed-lazy-bones-es”? There are lots of such azaans in Pakistan, and we still see the country full of …