Newest attack on Christianity: Just shut up!
Noise ordinances latest weapon against churches

by Bob Unruh
WorldNetDaily
January 16, 2010

http://www.islamist-watch.org/3038/newest-attack-on-christianity-just-shut-up

Excerpt:

The church in Walthamstow was targeted by a noise abatement order even though local government officials had tested – and approved – its sound mitigation plan.

Ade Ajike, a church trustee, reported that after a visit from a government environmental health officer, the officer warned, "the church had to keep the noise down so as not to offend the Muslims living in the area."

"He told us 'this is a Muslim borough, you have to tread carefully,'" Ajike reported about the 2009 dispute.

The church has since reduced its Sunday worship from four hours to two hours and 30 minutes, of which music is played for only about 45 minutes. Midweek services were changed so that no music was used, and Sunday evening services were reduced to one a month.

The church further eliminated the use of percussion from its worship.

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