Culver City, eh? It’s likely that most of the people who were complaining were Leftists who, in other contexts, would denounce concern about jihad violence and Sharia oppression as “Islamophobia” and “bigotry.” So now they have what they have wanted and enabled. They should be very proud. They can get up at 4:30 every morning and celebrate diversity.
Remember: mosques didn’t have loudspeakers in Muhammad’s time, and don’t need them now, especially given the fact that everyone has a smartphone that could quite easily alert him or her to prayer times. The broadcasting of the adhan over loudspeakers is nothing more than a declaration of supremacism.
“Islamic Call to Prayer Blaring 5 Times a Day During Coronavirus Lockdown Sparks Noise Complaints in Los Angeles (VIDEO),” by Cristina Laila, Gateway Pundit, May 23, 2020:
Socialism, Sharia law and Islam are creeping in while we are all distracted with authoritarian Coronavirus lockdown orders.
The Muslim community has been flexing its muscle since government officials have ordered unconstitutional lockdown orders across the country.
Culver City is the latest Southern California city to allow the Islamic call to prayer, or “adhan,” to blare five times a day from a loudspeaker (beginning at 4:30 AM) during the Coronavirus shutdown.
Many residents in Culver City however say the Islamic call to prayer is too loud and made formal complaints to the police department.
Mahmood Navi stood on the roof of King Fahad Mosque and used a microphone to belt out the Islamic all to prayer.
The mosque has a giant blue and white minaret that towers over the street in Culver City.
WATCH (looks and sounds like the Middle East):
Feel The Sound Of Azan ?
Historic moment #King_Fahad_Mosque Azan on the loudspeaker for the first time Culver city California ? pic.twitter.com/sn0YsLw3UK
— Irfan Raaz Hadi ( عرفان ) (@IrfanRaazHadi) May 16, 2020
The police department revoked the amplified noise permit after numerous complaints from residents.
However, three days later, the city reinstated the permit if the mosque agreed to lower the volume.
Los Angeles Time [sic] reported:
Outside the Culver City mosque, some pedestrians stopped in their tracks when they first heard the adhan, seemingly surprised. This was something new, and it was not altogether clear how it would be received — as with many things Muslim in the U.S.
But in Culver City, the call to prayer did not go unchallenged for long.
After four days, on May 18, the city’s police department revoked the amplified noise permit, citing people congregating at the mosque in violation of the county health order, as well as “numerous loud noise complaints from area residents.”
“We have had and will continue to have a great relationship with mosque leadership,” said Capt. Jason Sims with the Culver City Police Department. “We are certainly happy to help with facilitating any type of service that is not in violation of county health orders.”
Three days later, the city changed course again, reinstating the permit on the condition that the mosque lower the volume.
Meanwhile, on the Nextdoor social networking app, debates raged between neighbors.
Recall, For the first time in the history of Minnesota, the Muslim call to prayer was broadcast over an outdoor speaker placed over the rooftop of Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque in Cedar-Riverside neighborhood….
Inspired Infidel says
Those communities that allow this inbred cult to enter their interiors will suffer from their own ignorance. They would be better off to invite a Hells Angels club to lunch.
b.a. freeman says
well, both groups are gang-bangers, and both prey on individuals whom they isolate and attack, but only the muslims can get away with it legally, because the hell’s angels haven’t figured out that attaching a religion to the gang, along with free public relations for same by lying propagandists who provide political cover as well as repeating their lies, would allow them to run rampant with crime.
perhaps they could claim to worship the flying spaghetti monster; said religion has been used on government documents in the past (pasta strainer on head in driver’s license photos, IIRC), so it’s but a small step for the hell’s angels.
revereridesagain says
Or to the mosque. Preferably at 4:35 in the morning.
Eva says
An excellent idea!!!
Rufolino says
Coming soon to a neighbourhood near you. It won’t be long.
Westman says
The first prayer call is at DAWN, not sunrise. A fact the liberals seem to have overlooked. Los Angeles now has a loud rooster in a tower declaring the superiority of the death cult. And their local government still has not awakened from the deception that Islam is just another peace-loving religion. If only the Muezzin would wail the message in English…..
Niemoller says
King Fahad Mosque, eh? Same Saudi money that funded 9/11, now building antisemitic arsenals right in the heart of a heavily Jewish community.
owensgate says
Well, “mosque” IS Arabic for “islamic fortress”.
Eva says
We need the Irgun back!!!
Wellington says
Islam is obnoxious in sundry ways. One of them is the adhan five times per day—and very likely coming to a neighborhood near you sooner than you think.
Islam is rooted in supremacist and ungracious attitudes. It is a blight on the entire world and in the West, which developed liberty more than anywhere else, it is a lethal dagger pointed at the heart of freedom. The adhan represents this metaphorical dagger in auditory form. A given.
Meanwhile, in Islamic nations, of which there are over 50 (damn), those of other religions are regularly humiliated, oppressed, made to feel subdued (per sura 9:29), and even killed because they dare to adhere to their faith rather than Mo’s creed.
I state again that the longest-lived and best disguised evil ideology in all of man’s history is Islam. It deserves no defense. In fact, anyone defending it is deficient, only the degree and kind of deficiency function as variables.
What a tragedy for all mankind Islam truly is. Islam sickens me as it should virtually all of the human race—and especially those who live in the West where freedom by far is most existent, though the double whammy of Islam and Western Leftism, both stupid beyond all measure, may very well once and for all end the experiment in freedom begun by the ancient Greeks.
Time will tell. Yes it will.
Mural says
Wellington ,
There was a recent case in India where the court, while agreeing that azaan-the Muslim call to prayer- is a fundamental tenet of Islam, decreed that using loud-speakers was not!
I think this ruling will be challenged in higher courts. But it appears sensible to me. For a group which potrays piety towards everything medieval, why use loud-speakers?
I hope you are well in these turbulent times.
Wellington says
Sound point, Mural, and I hope you and yours are also doing as well as possible in these turbulent times.
A devout and pure Muslim, i.e., a person still cognitively stuck in the 7th century, should look upon loudspeakers, developed no less by the kuffaar world, as haram. But, of course, this won’t happen because Muzzies will use Western technology again and again, technology the Islamic world would never have developed on its own, with the intent of deploying such Western technology to ultimately destroy the West. Hell, minus Western technology, the damn Islamic world would have never even figured out how to get petroleum products out of the ground.
No better example of this contention can be found than what happened on 9/11 when 19 Muslim barbarians used planes, which the Islamic world left on its own would have never developed, to harm America—in our time the ultimate and most hated polity in the West to deluded followers of Mohammedanism.
I can have no respect for any Muslim anymore than I can any respect for any Neo-Nazi, anarchist, Marxist or KKK member.
Yes, Islam is this awful—so take note, Muslims, all of you who read this. Your religion is not just retrograde, it is evil.
Eva says
Two brilliant posts!!! I absolutely, wholeheartedly agree with everything you say.
If it were only left up to me, I’d raze every damn mosque in the western world to the ground, just for starters.
If they want to live like pestilential filth in a 7th century sh*th*le, then let them go back to where they came from and do it there, instead of infesting our countries.
Bikinis not Burkas says
Read?
Quran 7 157
Those who follow the messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write.
Shouldn’t these hate mongers be following Muhammads example and shun reading and writing?
Almost forgot Boko Haram!
b.a. freeman says
yes, both islam and leftism are vile beyond measure, because both were invented by people who thought they were better than everybody else, and should therefore be telling everybody else what to do, and the followers of both ideologies are uneducated and indoctrinated with the poison. excellent post!
+1
Mural says
+1. Both these groups are Insufferable beyond measure. The woke leftist and the eternal victim.
owensgate says
What with the leftist philosophy of “rules for thee but not for me”, I’d expect the caterwauling is a playback of a previously recorded caterwaul, and the person that made it is fast asleep in a soundproof room.
revereridesagain says
That’s a good idea. Replace it with a nice big clock. One that rings the hours loudly. With BELLS.
Eva says
There’s no virtue-signalling, uber-woke, self-righteous pay-off in bells…
abad says
I agree with you Wellington, Moslems could get their notifications to prayer on their smartphones.
Maybe following a ding ding sound not unlike a bell because you know, Mohammad hated the sound of ringing bells.
Rufolino says
One small step for this mosque. One giant step for Islam.
owensgate says
Just WHERE, in the unholy koran, does it say the caterwauling must be AMPLIFIED? Just make THAT a violation of a city ordinance. Let the “caterwauler” go hoarse from yelling without the electric bit.
DHazard says
I am guessing there are no mosques anywhere near L.A.’s upper class neighborhoods. But I would love to see it. Some rich half talent sleeping off a $5,000 night out hears the morning banshee call and is able to sleep through it. But not the second one. Rich guy goes to court and lines up 1 celebrity to go along with him. In the public eye all his other neighbors waffle about it while secretly hoping the rich guy wins. “Arabic is so beautiful…”, “We must all get along. Maybe a cell phone call for the morning prayer.”, “My life mate requires 12 hours sleep for his health.”, “Isn’t there a virtual mosque they can use?”
gravenimage says
Masjid Umar Ibn Al-Khattab is right near the University of Southern California, but I generally take your point.
Walter Sieruk says
Those stealth jihadists at it again just as in other cities of the USA as well as in other nations and cities across the sea in Europe.
Those Muslim engaging in the stealth jihad are really trying to push and test Westerners to see how far they can put pressure on the people of the West into more and more appeasement to their Islamic agenda
Of course the more Westerners cave in to Muslim social pressure to achieve their Islamic goal then more and more demands they will make. For they will,naturally view appeasement to them as a sign of weakness of Westerners and then grow in more arrogance and contempt for Western people ,Western civilization and Western laws then push harder and harder for Sharia law,
Their Islamic determination is as strong as their gall .In all fairness, I’ll give them that much
Eva says
It’s the foul and corrupt western governments that keep caving. And personally, I believe they’re being paid very, very handsomely to do it.
As a certain filthy moslem congresswoman keeps saying ‘it’s all about the Benjamin’s, baby.’
gravenimage says
I doubt these Mosques are actually making large contributions to Los Angeles’ coffers.
Rbla says
Awww, poor babies. As a Buddhist friend once told me ‘karma is a bitch’.
The Awful Truth says
This should be fought all the way. No amplified sound pollution. It’s worse than roosters, church bells and bad for wildlife.
Giacomo Latta says
I would like to determine the residences of all these municipal officials and provide a rebroadcasting of the sounds that they apparently love so much at those points. We would soon see if five hours-a-night sleep is conducive to their performance at city hall.
Asif Niazi says
Horns were used to amplify sound in the time of Muhammad and his companions. But he chose NOT to use amplifiers.
Rick Justin Other Christian says
Fight fire with fire. All Christian churches should start broadcasting a call to prayer and recite the Lords prayer 7 times a day. Just as loud as they do.
Rufolino says
It might come to that eventually !
gravenimage says
Los Angeles: Islamic call to prayer blasted over loudspeaker beginning at 4:30AM sparks noise complaints
………………..
I hope people *keep* loudly complaining until authorities shut this down.
Martin says
Wow, approved creeping Sharia in Culver City! What will they vote into law next? Public beheadings, floggings, female genital mutilation, forced conversions to Islam? Open that Pandora’s Box and you get what you deserve. One solution might be a citizen’s initiative to re-vote on this to stop their audio abuse and obey local noise ordinances.
Rarely says
Don’t they have watches? Alarm clocks? Are they unable to tell time?
I’m sure that they understand the annoyance but just don’t give a rat’s a**. What great neighbours to have.
gravenimage says
Oh, it’s worse than that, Rarely. This is specifically intended as asserting their surpremacy.
spiro says
That’s right one step at a time
Watch the authorities surrender to the camels
Nose entering the tent
gravenimage says
Just glad to hear so many Angelenos are complaining. I hope they don’t stop.
Gork says
How about getting someone to translate what the “prayer” says. Do it discretely, then publish a translation. When people find out what that “beautiful” sound of prayer actually says, they might think differently about allowing that to assault their ears at all hours of the evening and night.
gravenimage says
Here’s what the standard Islamic call to prayer says, Gork:
Allah is greater (Allahu Akbar!)
I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah
Hasten to the prayer (Salah)
Hasten to the salvation
Hasten to the best of deeds
Prayer is better than sleep
Allah is greater (Allahu Akbar!)
There is no deity but Allah
several of these are repeated more than once. The Shia call to prayer has slight additions.
This by itself is supremacist.
But Muslims have also been broadcasting other messages, like this one:
“Canada: Call that it is “forbidden” for Muslims to do business with “Zionists” goes out over loudspeaker at mosque”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/05/canada-call-that-it-is-forbidden
Keys says
Thanks, gi.
Obviously, the “call to prayer” is not only a call to pray.
It is not simply:
“Hey, all ye Muslims ! Time to pray ! Get to it !”
It is actually praying over a loud speaker.
It’d be like a Catholic priest singing over a loud speaker: “Jesus is God and man ! Come let us pray ! Hail Mary full of grace… … In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, forever and ever, Amen !”
************
And why do Muslims all have to pray at the same time ?
This is much about supremacy, public display, submission, social pressure, invasion of privacy, hypocrisy, obedience to Islamic authorities, standing out if you choose not to pray, standing out if you are not muslim, disruption, noise, fear of Allah, love of Allah – the greatest of deceivers, etc.
It is not “ one of the prettiest sounds on Earth” to, and for, most people living on this planet.
gravenimage says
+1
notnolib says
It’s actually sung to the tune of the old Oscar Meyer Bologna jingle…..
Our moon-god has a first name,
it’s a-l-l-a-h.
Our moon-god has no second name,
it’s A-L-L-A-H (screaming)
Oh we kill kafir most every-day,
and if you ask to whom we prayyyyyyyyyyyyyy…….
To kill kafir is a-o-k,
says a-l-l-a-h, oy vey.
gravenimage says
Grimly hilarious!
Trish says
I read article in LA times it wasn’t just Culver City. Call was allowed also in Redlands, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga and Claremont. Of course article totally sympathetic to Muslims how wonderful and comforting it was for them especially during this coronavirus pandemic. Local social media dominated by leftists calling those who complained the usual….
gravenimage says
Did this end after Ramadan (ended May 23) or is it still ongoing, Trish?
mortimer says
Loudspeakers should be placed next to the bedroom windows of all the Leftards who voted for this.
Or else they can suggest to Muslims to get an app on the cel phone.
Or perhaps they can just skip authorizing the ISLAMIC SUPREMACIST WAR CRY altogether.
Wherever there is a loudspeaker, property values will plummet, only fanatical Muslims will live near by and the neighborhood will descend into a no-go zone and then a hive of jihadists.
mortimer says
A supremacist war cry is not ‘comforting’. It is a death threat to kafirs.
Max says
Many residents in Culver City say the Islamic call to prayer is too loud and made formal complaints.
Before they complain, please indicate if they voted for the socialist that is in power. They did? Then they deserve it, so let them enjoy it.
gravenimage says
Here’s the moronic Meghan Sahli-Wells–now mayor of Culver City, from four years ago:
“Islam Is Blameless, Sahli-Wells Contends”
http://www.thefrontpageonline.com/new/news/islam-is-blameless-sahli-wells-contends
4dmin says
“I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of Qur’an which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.” Napoleon Bonaparte
gravenimage says
Napoleon was sucking up to a Muslim sheikh when he wrote this tripe.
E T says
Yes, men to happiness, and the halfwit females, who get cut, have to ask permission to go out, wear ghost outfits and live a life of oppression.
sidney penny says
“The broadcasting of the adhan over loudspeakers is nothing more than a declaration of supremacism.”
Ah amen.
Especially if you know the contents (words) of the adhan.
sidney penny says
Muslims invented technology and the loudspeaker was one of the new technology
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/08/pamela-geller-1001-pieces-of-islamic-supremacist-propaganda-fabricated-exhibit-comes-to-dc
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/03/charting-the-lost-innovations-of-islam
Remember: mosques didn’t have loudspeakers in Muhammad’s time,yes true, but Mohammad was the inspiration for Muslims to invent more than 1001 things,including the loudspeaker so that Imams did not lose their voice.
Peter Monroe says
Regular Jihad Watch reader here and I live about 10 minutes away from this mosque. I never even knew that it was there until about a year and a half ago and was shocked to learn that this big Saudi paid for mosque was so close by.
gravenimage says
Sorry to hear this, Peter.
Eur says
Perhaps you are still on time and flee from that area selling your house at a reasonable price before everything deteriorates. In all areas of Europe where Islamic oratories and mosques are opened, the same thing happens. Keep in mind that many Muslims go more than once a week to the Mosque and they use it for more things than to pray and that’s why they want to live near the mosques and of course live together surrounded by halal shops, te shops (where only men enter). The deterioration of the neighborhood is very fast and many people are trapped without being able to sell because the houses drop in price. Run away as fast as you can ..
gravenimage says
Eur–with all respect–I don’t think that we should cede our lands to Islam unless we have absolutely no other choice. We should not be eager to create more No Go Zones–this will not make us safer.
Ade Fegan says
It’s not too soon to complaint to your MP now ..
BEFORE it comes to you ..
Let them know in no uncertain terms that you don’t want them to even think about allowing it
Once it starts you will never hear the end of it
OLD GUY says
Pay back could be start driving around muslim/islamic neighborhoods playing Christian music and praising Jesus 5 times a day starting at 4:30 am. I’ll bet that the muslim community will be first inline at city hall filling a complaint. Islam is un-American and has no place in a free society as their goal is to destroy non-islamic culture and life. Their migration is nothing short of an invasion as they will not become a part of American free society, their goal is to kill and destroy America. Take it seriously.
No Muzzies Here says
It starts in one city and expands, multiplying like bacteria. There is NO way to stop this. Obama knew what he was doing when he opened the borders to those who share his religious predilections.
Tom says
Poetic justice ….. Ain’t it a bitch.
gravenimage says
How is this justice, poetic or otherwise?
Tom says
Left wing voters who elected like minded councils are now reaping the reward of their ideological bent with exemptions to noise bylaws being given to mosques during ramadan. Once established, the call to prayer will continue to be allowed under the guise of freedom of religion. This is rife with irony.
gravenimage says
You may be reacting with glee to Muslims taking over cities where some of the people have voted leftist–but this will not actually make you safer, no matter how conservative your home town may be.
Tom says
Gravenimage there is no glee in my response. I am simply pointing out the way in which left wing voters are enabling the Islamic spread within our society. Perhaps they will now realize the result of their ideological bent is not rewarding but in fact is a punishment. THAT is the irony here.
E T says
A lot of the Justine Trudeau lovers are now moving out of the greater Toronto area. THEY are moving North now that THEY see the results of the migrants THEY felt so sorry for. Now THEY are showing just how tolerant THEY are.
DAJ says
This is becoming way out of hand….very alarming!