A court in Orsk, Russia, has fined the imam of the local mosque after he ignored a previous warning from an administrative commission and continued to call prayers before the legally permitted time of 7am, reports the oren.ru website. Equivalent to £10 ($17, €12, or 700 Haitian Gourdes) the 500 ruble fine comes in the wake of repeated complaints by city residents, who objected to the 5:30am loudspeaker-fed adhan (call to prayer) disturbing their children’s sleep.
How can anyone be disturbed by that?
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