Mosque Loudspeaker Saga Continues

If Crombie thought the affected people would simply roll over and hand the keys of city decision-making to the Mullahs of Mississauga, she was in for a surprise. The city known for its suburban subservience triggered a citizen's revolt led by one person - Ram Subrahmanian, who announced a plan to launch a constitutional challenge against the change of Mississauga's noise laws. He was joined by Muslim Canadian Congress spokesperson Munir Pervaiz, who cited many Islamic scholars who have denounced the use of loudspeakers in mosques as against the spirit of Islam.

According to Pervaiz, the loudspeaker has little to do with Islam and everything to do with Islamism - the use of Islam for political purposes.

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