Amid loudspeakers row, 5 Pune mosques say no to DJ music during Eid festival, utilise fund to help poor and needy

Commenting on loudspeakers controversy, the imam of Bhartiya Anjuman Qadariya Mosque in Pune claimed all five mosques in the locality will follow SC’s guidelines on noise pollution and volume during ‘azaan’ is always kept low Pune: In the wake of a controversy over the use of loudspeakers at religious places, authorities of five mosques in Pune and some other senior Muslim community members have decided to shun DJ music during the upcoming Eid celebration and utilise funds collected for it to help the poor and needy people. “Everyone knows the ill-effects of such loud DJ music, which is not good for sick people and those with a weak heart,” said Maulana Mohsin Raza, the imam of the Bhartiya Anjuman Qadariya Mosque in Lohiya Nagar area in Pune, Maharashtra. “So, we formed a core committee of five mosques in the area and convened a meeting of their imams and functionaries along with other senior members of the community and decided not to have DJ music during the Eid celebration,” he said. Asked about the row over use of loudspeakers atop the mosques, he claimed all five mosques in the locality in Pune follow the Supreme Court’s guidelines on noise pollution and the volume during ‘azaan’ is always kept low.