Foreign Media Writes The Voice Of The Azan In DKI Too Noisy, Ministry Of Religion: The Reporting Seems Too Exaggerated

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion, through the Director General of Islamic Community Guidance, Kamaruddin Amin, opened his voice regarding foreign media coverage of the opinion of a Jakarta resident who complained about the call to prayer in his area.

The foreign media reported that the residents of DKI considered the call to prayer in Jakarta to be too noisy, thus disturbing their comfort and making it difficult for them to sleep. However, Rina was afraid to express her complaint for fear of being attacked by local residents.

Kamaruddin Amin assessed that there could be loudspeakers from the mosque at dawn to disturb certain communities. But what he believes, there are not many cases so it should not be categorized as a complaint from one city.

"The description of the news seems exaggerated," Kamaruddin told VOI, Friday, October 15.

Kamaruddin said that Indonesia is indeed very diverse and a big city like Jakarta is very heterogeneous, so mutual understanding is needed for all citizens. Tolerance between citizens is very important.

"Actually, the rules already exist, we just urge the public to implement them," he said.

To the editor, Kamaruddin Amin then sent an infographic about the rules for loudspeakers in mosques or prayer rooms. This rule refers to the Instruction of the Director General of Islamic Community Guidance Number Kep/D/101/1978.

Basically the sound that is channeled out of the mosque is just the call to prayer as a sign that the time for prayer has arrived. Loudspeakers can be used as early as 15 minutes before Fajr prayer time or otherwise.