Saudi Arabia's minister of Islamic affairs has defended a controversial order to limit the size of a mosque's loudspeaker, citing complaints of excessive noise. Last week, a house in one of the holiest Muslim sites In the major policy, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs had said that speakers should not be assigned more than one-third of their maximum volume.
The order also restricted the use of loudspeakers, which were primarily called azans instead of broadcasting full sermons, sparking a conservative reaction on social media.
The order was issued in response to complaints from citizens that loud noise was bothering children as well as the elderly, Islamic Affairs Minister Abdul Latif al-Sheikh said Monday.
"People who want to pray don't have to wait ... Sheikh said in a video released by state television that the imam's call to prayer. He added that they should already be in the mosque." Sheikh said that several television channels also aired dua's and recitations of the Qur'an, which served a limited purpose of loudspeakers. But the decision also sparked outrage on social media and a hashtag calling for the banning of loud music in restaurants and cafes gaining traction.
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