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Rapid Response 47 is another Trump white alt spewing racist shit

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (26 children)

i think in this particular case it's not much different, but generally the muezzin calls five times each day plus a sixth bonus time on fridays for the jumu'ah. this can be even more annoying than the christian stupid sunday morning bell, when everyone is still hungover; that is, if they actually do it from the minaret, but they can also use messengers, radio, etc.

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Some churches ring three times a day for daily prayer. Dunno how common that is in the US.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I live near a town with a street that was named "church street", not because the church was on it, but seven. The town as a whole has at least 17 that I know of.

About half of them have bells, and of those, 5 ring every hour on the hour all day and night, one rings every hour from 8am to 8pm, two or three ring 3x a day (sunrise, noon, sunset) and the others either don't have bells or don't use them regularly enough for me to notice.

I can hear the chiming from my back yard, which is several miles away from the city limits.

I don't know how people put up with it, honestly. It's nothing to do with my dislike for religion in general, I just hate all that noise, and would not be able to live close to them.

I do think my town is a bit of an anomaly though.

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

I lived in Oxford for a few years and, if anything, I became rather fond of all the bell ringing. But I can see why someone might have the opposite reaction.

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