Spain: There Goes the Neighborhood

Hat tip Vlad Tepes

I am cross-posting the below two videos from Vlad Tepes. They were reportedly recorded in a major Spanish city. With restrictions in place in the country due to the pandemic, Muslims in this neighborhood are “improvising” when it comes to the call to prayer. Watch.

Judging from the alphabet and checking into the sources of the videos, it appears to be Bangladeshi in origin.

So what to make of this? To me this represents the height of arrogance. The Islamic call to prayer is common in Islamic countries. I have been in Islamic countries, heard it, and would not complain. It is their country(ies), and they can do what they want. But to import this into a non-Islamic country, where it is performed 5 times a day starting at about 5 am, is inconsiderate to say the least. However, the people in these two videos obviously don’t care where they are. Of course, Europeans are afraid to enforce their own local laws and regulations when it comes to Muslims, some of whom are ready to launch a riot if they feel their religion is being insulted.

I am all for freedom of religion as long as it doesn’t violate our laws and doesn’t intrude upon the lives of others. Muslims can and should be allowed to set their watches, stop what they are doing, and pray in private or go to the mosque and pray. In our culture, people can be responsible themselves to pray or go to their place of worship without being publicly reminded or bothering anyone else. Unfortunately, there are some communities in the US who have caved into this practice and allow it. There should be noise abatement laws in effect, especially when most people are trying to sleep. What’s more, they should be enforced.