In Melilla, the mosque accused of making too much noise

The city of Melilla is the scene of a controversy surrounding the call to prayer. Indeed, the municipality has decided to prohibit the use of loudspeakers to broadcast the call to prayer between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m. at the Central Mosque. This decision, motivated by complaints from local residents regarding noise pollution, angered the Islamic Commission of Melilla (CIM).

Daniel Ventura, municipal councilor for the Environment, interviewed by El Faro de Melilla, justified this measure by explaining that it only concerned the Central Mosque, identified as the main source of noise pollution in the historic center. He insisted on the fact that the municipal technicians had only applied the law and that any inaction on their part would have constituted a “crime of prevarication”. Ventura also clarified that this restriction was aimed at “not harming the entire Muslim community for a single mosque.”