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NOISE
TANGGAL
27 Januari 2014
HAlAMAN
'V
WAKTU
RUBRIKASI
POlLUTlON
OMI campaigns for quieter
mosques
The jakarta
Post
Former vice president Jusuf Kalla. in his capacity as chairman of the
system donation program.
Indonesian j\.1osque Council (DMI).
on Sundo'\" started a natiollwiJe pro-
the amplification of mosq~e serv~c-
- Kalla has also proposed
es, the DMI is now workll1g on jts
technical detaiIs.
gram aim"ed at red ucing noise from
3mplified sermons.
I '\.( "L JOn Sund:.1\'. Kalla disp<.ltched SO
cars. Illannelf by'more than 150 tech-
He said that ir was alright for
mosques to use the loudspeaker for
azan (call for prayer) but not for other purposes.
In his speech on Sunday, Kalla
O11soblasteo the govern~e~t
for
not doing enough to ass1st Hl the
nidans. to heli) mosque caretakers
improve the sound quality of their
3mplification systems.
Kalla said that other than reducing- noise. the technical
assist3nce
would also help to ensure those at[t'ndillt:" mos-Llue clluld hear Muslim
prc:lchers' complete mess~ge.
.
"I l11agine if the preacher IS QurJJs~
Shih~lb, but la bad sound system atfected] thc mt'ssagc. \Vhat a loss,"
Kalla said in his speerh to bunch
tht' program. referring to a Illoderare
l\luslilll derie who is known for his
t)ll1ralistimerpretJtion of the Koran.
.
Kalla
said
that
majority
of
the country .. c\'l~n thost'
built in affluenr ;ucas. dKi not have
nws(jues in
dert'nt anlplification systems.
Kalla has repearedly complained
about the coul1try's
poor quality
sound s\'stems and that slIch subpar
sound I"esulted in noise pollution.
Kalla said in 2013 that the DMI
\\"ould initiate ;) country-wide sound
a ban on
management
of the country's
800,000 mosques,
_ He said that the government had
not disbllfsed funds for mosque:;.
"Mosqlles are the most important religious instirution, but the
gO\'ernment is preoccupied
\•..ith
haj
pilgrimage.
In countries
INFORMASI
like
Bnmei [Darussalam] and Turkey.
the government allocates money to
lllosques:'
he said.
.
He said that the go\'ernmel1t
should be responsiblt' as mosques
mday couid turn intel :1 brc('ding
QTou"nd for r.1dicalislll.
"So if a :nosque turus l'adical. the
t"
go\"ernment [is to blamc] because
does not pay en_ough attcntion:'
Tt
Kalla said"
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PUSAT
some
DAN HUBUNGAN
MASYARAKAT
da Aceh wan a rare victory against a
noisy mosque. despite being forced
to withdraw legal action after an angry mob threatened to kill him.
Sa\'ed Hasan. 75. filed a bwsuit in
Dece'mber 2012. in which he com.
plained ofbeing disrurbed by Icngthy
recordings of Koranic wrses_
Bur Sayed. a !\:luslim. s;lid despite
seeing the deputy mayor and Muslim leaders. and then being escorted
to tht.' court \vhere he was forced to
withJraw his leg:.11suit, he had ultimarely \\'On J rare victory_
\
After he droppcd his ease, the volume was significantlv tlIrned down
by abollt hal[
.
ln April 2011, Vice President
Boediono trigg-ered a debate by sa)'ing that mosques need not be toO
!oud. something that fc\\' officials
dare to sar open!y.
"\Ve are all aware that the ~lzan is
a holy caH for Muslims ra perform
their prayers:' he said at the DMI
3nl1ual conference.
"But 1, and probab!y others too.
feel that thc sound of azan heard
fainrly from a distanee resonate
more in our hearts th at those that
are rao loud and too close to our
ears:' Boediono said.
Arttara/Vudhi Mahalma
Reducing the noise: Indonesian Mosque Council (DM1) chairman Jusuf Kalla (right), accompanied b~'Deputy
Reiigious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar (second right) and formel' state-owned enterprises minister Sofyan
Djalil (third lefr), bunched a campaign on Sunday to reduce noise earning from the coumry's mosques.
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