South Africa: City to Meet With Mosque Over Notice to Stop 'Noisy' Call to Prayer

11 December 2018

The City of Cape Town is on Tuesday expected to meet with the representatives of a Strandfontein mosque after a complaint that its daily call to prayer was too noisy.

A City environmental health official sent a letter to the Masjidus Sauligeen in Bayview on December 4 saying there had been a complaint about a "noise nuisance" every time the athaan (call to prayer) was delivered through loudspeakers on the roof.

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