Prayagraj SP orders decreasing of loudspeaker quantity of mosque after Allahabad University VC complains about it

Allahabad University Vice Chancellor Prof Sangita Srivastava is among the many innumerable Indians whose sleep is disturbed early within the morning by loudspeakers mounted atop Mosques blaring out the ‘azaan’. She, nonetheless, is among the many only a few who has acted in opposition to the identical, and filed a police grievance within the matter, whereas additionally writing about the identical to senior officers in Prayagraj, which embrace DM Bhanu Chandra Goswami, Prayagraj (vary) IG Kavindra Pratap Singh and SSP Sarvashresth Tripathi and Prayagraj Divisional Commissioner Sanjay Goel.Acting on her grievance, the Superintendent of Police D.Okay. Singh stated that the Mutawalli of the mosque has been directed to decrease the quantity in accordance with the High Court orders in order that nobody’s sleep is disturbed throughout ‘azaan’. The mosque, which can be referred to as Lal Masjid is positioned at a distance of 400m from the VC’s residence. After being directed by the police, the Mosque administration has eliminated two loudspeakers, and diminished the quantity on the remaining two by 50 per cent.“We have also changed the directions of the loudspeakers so that the sleep of the Vice-Chancellor and others don’t get disturbed early morning when azaan is rendered from the mosque,” stated Mohammed Kaleem, a member of the Managing Committee of the mosque. In the March 3 letter to Prayagraj DM Bhanu Chandra Goswami, titled, “Noise Pollution in Civil Lines, Prayagraj”, the V-C had written, “This is to bring to your kind notice that every morning at about 5.30 am my sleep is disturbed due to loud azan done on the mike by the maulvi in the surrounding mosque. The sleep so disturbed does not resume even after trying hard. This also results in a headache, throughout the day, causing losses in work hours.”“I am not against any religion, caste or creed, they may even perform the Azan without the mike, so that others are not disturbed. Even before Eid, they pronounce Sehri on the mike at 4 am. This practice also creates disturbance to other people. The Constitution of India envisages a secular and peaceful co-existence of all communities, which needs to be practised in letter and spirit,” the letter by the VC added. She referred to as upon the administration to take fast steps so as to “restore some peace and tranquillity in the minds of all suffering from this loud Azaan.”In May final yr, the Allahabad High Court had dominated that whereas azaan could also be an integral a part of Islam, amplifying it through a number of loudspeakers most positively was not. The excessive court docket has additionally banned the utilization of loudspeakers between 10 p.m. to six a.m., though Mosques proceed to ship azaan round 5 a.m. within the morning. The Allahabad University VC, nonetheless, has set a precedent of how a accountable citizenry should act when their rights are walked upon.