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The Indian online media platform, Muslim Mirror, reported that the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on the use of loudspeakers for azaan or the Islamic call to prayer at mosques, terming the plea as \u201cwholly misconceived.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The petition, filed by Bajrang Dal leader Shaktisinh Zala, claimed that \u201cnoise pollution\u201d caused by azaan when played through loudspeakers affects people\u2019s, especially children\u2019s health and causes inconvenience otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the high court noted that the claims in the petition had no scientific foundation. Azaan is conducted for a maximum of ten minutes at a time at different hours of the day, the court pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Indian online media platform, Muslim Mirror, reported that the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on the use of loudspeakers for azaan or the Islamic call to prayer at mosques, terming the plea as \u201cwholly misconceived.\u201d The petition, filed by Bajrang Dal leader Shaktisinh Zala, claimed …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":98827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nIndia: Gujarat High Court rejects petition to ban loudspeakers at mosques - 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