I have 2 churches within couple of miles of me and I never hear them ring their bells not even on Sunday.
Furthermore many churches nowadays are no longer in a traditional church building with a bell tower.
Many churches are in modern buildings and don't even have a bell or a bell tower.
This call to prayer is broadcast on loudspeakers 5 times a day, so loud that anyone can hear it for miles.
20+ mosques in Minneapolis, each one allowed to have a call to prayer as long as 6 minutes long, 5 times a day for a maximum of 60 minutes in a 24 hours period per mosque, beginning as early as 3:30 am and ending as late as 11 pm, with no restriction on the decibel level and what kind of loudspeakers they can or cannot use.
So with 20+ mosques doing 5 call to prayer each day at 6 minutes each, from 3:30 am to 11 pm, that's 19.5 hour which is 1,170 minutes.
5 call to prayer per day per mosque x 20 mosques is 100 call to prayer a day, 100 a day x 6 minutes each call to prayer is 600 minutes.
1,170 minutes divided by 600 minutes is 1.95 minutes.
These 20 mosques can organize and time it so folks around Minneapolis can hear a 6 minutes long call to prayer every 1.95 minutes:
every one minute and 57 seconds!!
Do you really think this is acceptable and do you really think this is the same as a church ringing their bells???
You are comparing oranges to apple and not apple to apple by saying churches ringing their bells are the same as these 100 Muslim call to prayers lasting 600 minutes each day from 20+ mosques around Minneapolis and each one can be heard for miles because there are no noise ordnance restrictions on how loud they can be.
GOOGLE:
The loudness of the Muslim call to prayer in Minneapolis depends on the specific mosque's sound system and its proximity to homes, as the city's amended noise ordinance allows mosques to broadcast the call five times a day over external loudspeakers at any time, removing previous decibel and time restrictions. The ordinance specifies that the amplified call cannot exceed 6 minutes per hour and 60 minutes in total within a 24-hour period.
What changed in Minneapolis
- Amplified loudspeakers: The previous noise ordinance restricted the volume of outdoor religious sounds; the new ordinance allows mosques to use external loudspeakers for the call to prayer.
What the new ordinance means for volume
- No decibel limit specified:
Unlike previous regulations, the current ordinance does not set a maximum decibel limit for the amplified call.
- In essence, while the call is now permitted to be loud enough for outdoor broadcast, the actual decibel level varies by mosque and depends on the sound equipment used
Time restrictions lifted: The city eliminated time constraints for amplified religious sounds, allowing the adhan to be broadcast as early as 3:30 a.m. and as late as 11:00 p.m.
City-wide application: The change applies to all 20+ mosques in Minneapolis.
Duration limits:
While there's no specific loudness limit, the calls are limited to 6 minutes per hour and a total of 60 minutes within a 24-hour period.