Mahim Juma Masjid Belief launch On-line Azan app amid loudspeaker row
The On-line Azan app performs a reside audio stream of the Azan by way of cell phones precisely when it’s delivered from the mosque. Representational picture.
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Amid the continuing chaos surrounding Mosque loudspeaker restrictions, Mahim Juma Masjid has give you an alternate and launched a devoted cell app that streams the Azan reside, permitting devotees to listen to it in real-time with out violating any laws.
In accordance with the Mahim Juma Masjid Belief, as a result of restrictions on the usage of loudspeakers for the decision to prayer (Azan) in a number of city areas of Mumbai, Juma Masjid launched a devoted cell app, which was developed with technical help from a crew of execs led by a crew in Tamil Nadu.
The identify of the app is On-line Azan app, and up to now, over 100 customers have downloaded it. The app will get the Masjid registered, and folks related to the actual masjid could be chosen and listened to. Earlier than the Azan time, customers obtain notifications alerting them to the beginning of the prayer.
“The initiative comes after a police crackdown on the usage of loudspeakers, the place officers visited the mosque and warned that loudspeaker use may end in motion. This led to the mosque briefly disabling its sound system. In addition to, the Courtroom order of the 45-56 decibel restriction on the audio system doesn’t serve the aim. So, that is an alternate,” the Managing trustee of Mahim Juma Masjid, Fahad Khalil Pathan informed The Hindu.
This comes after the delegation of Muslim leaders complained of campaigns in opposition to loudspeakers by BJP chief Kirit Somaiya in a number of areas of Mumbai, as effectively as police motion on eradicating the loudspeaker. Regardless of compliance with the courtroom’s order of permissible noise ranges beneath 56 decibels, Muslim representatives alleged that police have been harassing mosque committees. On Wednesday (June 25, 2025), a delegation of Muslim leaders and high police officers met Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar on the difficulty of loudspeakers at mosques in Mumbai.
The app performs a reside audio stream of the Azan by way of cell phones precisely when it’s delivered from the mosque, says a Belief member.
Printed – June 27, 2025 04:51 am IST
