I live in Lahore where ther are at least 15 mosques within earshot. 5 times a day the whole world erupts into a terrifying noise when maulvis from 15 different mosques tap their mics and start off the azaam. This always happens with several seconds of delay from each mosque so in the end all your hear is the mixed noise of 15 mullahs (many of whom are completely tone deaf and totally incapable of doing justice to the melody of the azaan.
come friday i can depend on at least one of the mullahs to give a "fire and brimstone" sermon which sounds more like a severe scolding than a sermon to give people peace, love and joy in Islam.
And lets not forget various other times of the year like ramzaan when each one of these mosques are trying to overpower the other with various recitations, naats and hamds blaring over their everready loudspeakers. they of course usually neglect to ensure that the person on the mic actually sounds good. What seems to matter most is the volume that can be achieved.
Am i the only one who experiences this?? Shouldn't some sort of effort be done to make it more pleasant and less noisy?
