Australia: Nation’s largest mosque proposes airing Islamic call to prayer via loudspeakers

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A proposal has been submitted to a Sydney council that could allow Australia's largest mosque to begin broadcasting the Muslim call to prayer from loudspeakers every week.

The Lakemba Mosque, also known as the Masjid Ali Bin Abi Talib, has requested permission to install four loudspeakers on its minaret in a bid presented to the Canterbury-Bankstown Council in Sydney's west.

If approved, it would make Lakemba Mosque the first in Sydney to regularly broadcast the adhan (call to prayer) year-round.

Planning documents reveal that in 2021, nearly two-thirds of Lakemba's population identified as Muslim, with nearly a quarter speaking Arabic at home.

The proposed development would comply with zoning regulations, pending council approval, according to the application.

The mosque is owned and managed by the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA), a non-profit community organization established in 1962.

A spokesperson for the LMA told Daily Mail Australia that the proposal is "modest in nature but deeply meaningful to our community."

"If approved, it will reflect the growing recognition of Australia's multicultural identity and religious diversity," the spokesperson added.

Lakemba Mosque, a Sunni place of worship, opened in 1977 with former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in attendance and is widely regarded as Australia's most significant mosque.

(This Article was originally published by Jihad Watch)