(NL Times) The Ulu Mosque in Utrecht is annoyed by a bill by SGP and JA21 to ban amplified calls to prayer. According to the conservative Christian and far-right parties, the Islamic call to prayer causes unrest and alienation. According to the mosque board, this is not an attempt to solve a social problem, but a political attempt to sow division.
“Do not let religious freedom become a plaything for political gain,” a spokesperson for the Ulu Mosque told Hart van Nederland. The call to prayer only lasts a few seconds, is barely audible in most cities, and is already subject to clear noise regulations, the mosque pointed out. Municipalities can already impose conditions on what time the call to prayer can happen and its noise levels, among other things.
But according to the SGP and JA21, that is not enough regulation.
