Allahabad University VC claims azaan disturbs her sleep, seeks ban on loudspeakers
Sangita Srivastava cited an Allahabad HC judgement from 2020 that said azaan was an essential part of Islam, but not its recitation through loudspeakers. Updated Mar 17, 2021 · 07:38 pm Representative image. | Money Sharma/AFP FIle Photo
Allahabad University Vice Chancellor Sangita Srivastava has complained about the “noise” caused due to azaan, the call to prayers in Islam, from a mosque in the locality where she lives in Prayagraj, NDTV reported on Wednesday.
“The sleep [gets] so disturbed [that it] does not resume even after trying very hard,” she wrote in a letter to the district magistrate of Prayagraj, dated March 3. “This also results in a headache throughout the day, causing losses in working hours.”