{"id":167983,"date":"2020-10-07T17:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pasha-special-edition-the-muslim-call-to-prayer-controversy-in-south-africa-part-1\/"},"modified":"2020-10-07T17:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T15:37:00","slug":"pasha-special-edition-the-muslim-call-to-prayer-controversy-in-south-africa-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pasha-special-edition-the-muslim-call-to-prayer-controversy-in-south-africa-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasha special edition: The Muslim call to prayer controversy in South Africa, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pasha-special-edition-the-muslim-call-to-prayer-controversy-in-south-africa-part-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The call to prayer in Islam, or adhan, as it\u2019s known in Arabic, has come under the spotlight in South Africa. Fed up with hearing the call to prayer from a neighbouring Islamic education centre in Durban, a resident took the centre to court alleging the call amounted to \u201cnuisance noise\u201d. The court agreed, ruling that the centre should only announce the call to prayer within the confines of its walls.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode of Pasha, Thomas Coggin, a senior lecturer in property law at the University of Witwatersrand, discusses the case, the laws and rights surrounding it, as well as the judge\u2019s decision and its impact. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Photo<\/strong><br \/>\nAdhan Call icon. By T Vector Icons found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/adhan-call-icon-trendy-modern-flat-1217096164\">Shutterstock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sound<\/strong> \u201cAzaan\u201d By Jigmet, found on <a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/jigmet\/sounds\/479318\/\">FreeSound<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\">Attribution license<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHappy African Village\u201d by John Bartmann, found on <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/John_Bartmann\/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One\/happy-african-village\">FreeMusicArchive.org<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC0 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArabic 2-4\u201d by nemaavla, found on <a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/nemaavla\/sounds\/510745\/\">FreeSound<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">Creative commons license<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/africa\/\">Source: The Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The call to prayer in Islam, or adhan, as it\u2019s known in Arabic, has come under the spotlight in South Africa. Fed up with hearing the call to prayer from a neighbouring Islamic education centre in Durban, a resident took the centre to court alleging the call amounted to \u201cnuisance noise\u201d. 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