RWANDA GOVERNMENT BANS MOSLEMS FROM USING MEGAPHONES. Not a surprise at all! This is how dictators gage and rule. Last month February 2018, the same Rwandan government banned more 700 churches over Voice pollution!and the Moslems in Rwanda were silent over the ban of Christians and Churches, as if it won't come to them. Dictators Gage group to group, society to society. Muslim clerics in Rwanda vow to appeal loudspeaker ban Daniel Mumbere4 hours ago Rwanda Rwanda’s Muslim leaders have said they will appeal the government’s decision to ban the use of loudspeakers for the call to prayer (Adhan), arguing that the ban infringes on their rights of worship. Sheikh Suleiman Mbarushimana, an adviser to Mufti of Rwanda told regional newspaper, The EastAfrican, the ban violates Islamic liturgical practices. “Stopping Adhan is inappropriate, instead we would seek to do it in a way that doesn’t hurt anyone like agreeing on sound levels not to exceed,” he said. Stopping Adhan is inappropriate, instead we would seek to do it in a way that doesn’t hurt anyone like agreeing on sound levels not to exceed. The Muslim clerics believe they should have been consulted before such drastic action could be taken by the authorities. “The government needs to carefully approach this as it could affect its image in terms of granting freedom of worship. Of course we are not saying we should be allowed to infringe on others’ rights in the name of religious freedom,” said Sheikh Said Mukhtaar Mbabajende. The ban was issued on Wednesday this week, directing mosques in Nyarugenge sector in the capital to stop using loudspeakers and find alternative ways for the call to prayers. The ban comes a few weeks after the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB), which regulates faith-based organisations, closed more than 700 churches and one mosque over building safety and hygiene and noise pollution. TO AFRICANS AND WORLD AT LARGE, NEVER TO MAINTAIN SILENCE WHEN THERE IS OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT!!! IF YOU DO KEEP QUITE, NEXT IS YOU. #PROUD_LUGBARA_OSUTA_YUSUF

Muslim clerics in Rwanda vow to appeal loudspeaker ban

Rwanda

Rwanda’s Muslim leaders have said they will appeal the government’s decision to ban the use of loudspeakers for the call to prayer (Adhan), arguing that the ban infringes on their rights of worship.

Sheikh Suleiman Mbarushimana, an adviser to Mufti of Rwanda told regional newspaper, The EastAfrican, the ban violates Islamic liturgical practices.

“Stopping Adhan is inappropriate, instead we would seek to do it in a way that doesn’t hurt anyone like agreeing on sound levels not to exceed,” he said.

Stopping Adhan is inappropriate, instead we would seek to do it in a way that doesn’t hurt anyone like agreeing on sound levels not to exceed.

The Muslim clerics believe they should have been consulted before such drastic action could be taken by the authorities.

“The government needs to carefully approach this as it could affect its image in terms of granting freedom of worship. Of course we are not saying we should be allowed to infringe on others’ rights in the name of religious freedom,” said Sheikh Said Mukhtaar Mbabajende.

The ban was issued on Wednesday this week, directing mosques in Nyarugenge sector in the capital to stop using loudspeakers and find alternative ways for the call to prayers.

The ban comes a few weeks after the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB), which regulates faith-based organisations, closed more than 700 churches and one mosque over building safety and hygiene and noise pollution.