In the most populous Muslim country in the world, the request of religious minorities regarding the operation of mosques was taken into account.

The Indonesian government honored the request of the Christian and Buddhist communities, who were concerned about the volume of broadcasts from mosques across the country.

In Indonesia, mosques traditionally use loudspeakers to broadcast daily worship services as well as recitations of the Quran. Often broadcasts are very loud, and the sound quality leaves much to be desired. Now the situation will change - the authorities have issued new regulations governing the volume and duration of audio broadcasts from mosques.

Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Yakut Kholil Kumas unveiled the new rules on February 21 and instructed regional governments to enforce them in all of the country's 750,000 mosques, bbabo.net reported citing Ucanews.

Under the new rules, the maximum volume of broadcasts from mosques through speakers is limited, and high requirements are set for sound quality and audio equipment settings. During daily worship, the speakers must be directed inside the territory of the mosques so that the sound does not carry too far outside the places of worship, and only on the days of Islamic holidays is it allowed to direct them outside the territory of the mosque.

The authorities have also reduced the permissible duration of the daily transmission of the reading of the Koran from mosques to 10 minutes.

bbabo.Net