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After burqa, Shiv Sena now
objects to mosque loudspeakers
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 06:45:39 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai:
Stung by the proceedings initiated for violating decibel limits
during the Shiv Sena Dussehra rally here Sunday, the party
Wednesday hit back asking why action was not being taken against
noise pollution created daily by loudspeakers in mosques.
The party mouthpiece Saamna editorially said that every day before
dawn, the mosques in the city blare out 'azaan' and wake up the
people, children, elders and sick people.
It said that students are disturbed in their studies and the sick
people are put to great inconvenience when the loudspeakers scream
daily, but nobody has paid attention to that noise pollution.
The editorial demanded why anti-noise pollution crusader Sumaira
Abdul Ali is not raising her voice against this -- "Is she not
disturbed or bothered by the loudspeakers blaring from the
mosques?"
Terming her crusade as a "drama," the Saamna editorial noted that
such people only want to smother the voice of the Shiv Sena
‘Tiger' which speaks for the Marathis, Hindus and Hidutva.
It said that though it had full respect for the rule of law, "even
the law must be reasonable and respect our sentiments".
"The Shiv Sena ‘Tiger' needs as much protection as the vanishing
breed of the four-legged tigers in the country," it said.
The Sena Tuesday demanded a ban on the burqa, calling the Muslim
veil a threat to security interests.
The demands for a ban on the burqa and mosque loudspeakers come
close on the heels of the Sena's campaign for removal from the
Mumbai University's English literature syllabus a Booker-nominated
novel of writer Rohinton Mistry, which was subsequently
implemented.
The Mumbai police have registered two separate cases, under the
Environment Protection Act and anti-noise pollution laws, against
the Shiv Sena for its Dussehra rally which violated the 50 decibel
noise level limits imposed by the Bombay High Court.
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