First mosque in Amsterdam to Call to Prayer through speakers
Wed 23 October 2019:
A mosque in Amsterdam called for prayer through speakers, making it the first mosque to do so in the country. The incident was an attempt by clerics to ‘normalize Islam’ in Europe.
شاهد.. رفع الأذان عبر مكبر الصوت لأول مرة في أمستردامhttps://t.co/bIC0gZAmH9 pic.twitter.com/U1eC6uU9li
— جريدة النهارالكويتية (@naharkw) October 21, 2019
The mosque’s staff, who are from a Moroccan community in the city, want to raise the call to prayer every Friday for three minutes, hoping this will help normalize Islam.
“The call to prayer should be a normal thing in Amsterdam, but sadly, the call of ‘Allahu Akbar’ has negative connotations in the minds of many Europeans,” the chief imam of the mosque, Yassin al-Furqani, told local press. “We want to make (Allahu Akbar) a normative term. We aim to show people that Allah is very beautiful, and normalize Islam here.”
Amsterdam Mosque Will Begin Broadcasting “Call To Prayer”
A few dozen mosques in the Netherlands already do so, but Blauwe Mosque will be the 1st in Amsterdam.
Mosques Imam believes this forced cultural enrichment will help residents get used to Islam. https://t.co/KZ9t4vbcnZ pic.twitter.com/48rdJS9OR5
— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) October 9, 2019
Netherlands includes one of the largest Muslim Moroccan communities in Europe. However, it also consists of far-right, sometimes extremist, groups who say the call to prayer is an expression of the dominance of Muslims, while they consider churches to be emblematic of Dutch culture.
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