Intolerent Muslims?

Above is a letter made by a person who is complaining that the Azan is getting louder. Let's analyze this letter first :

1. The person is just complaining that the Azan is getting louder, he's not requesting for the Azan to be stopped immediately.

2. The person was okay with the Azan being played on previous occasions because the volume was reasonable. Only now he finds that the volume wasn't reasonable because it was getting louder.

3. No INVESTIGATION was made yet to determine whether the Azan was way too loud. So we can't say whether the person is intentionally trying to provoked the Muslims or his complaint has some basis.

BIG QUESTION : Is it wrong if the Azan is being played too loud? The purpose of Azan is so that the Muslims know it's praying time, hence the need for it to be LOUD ENOUGH for people to hear. It can't be too low because then nobody will know it's praying time.

Anything that is too loud can be damaging to the ears. I'm sure they have that machine thing to measure the amount of decibel a sound is making and whether it's ok or not for the ears to tolerate.

As Muslims, we wouldn't have a problem even if the Azan is way too loud. Besides, the Azan is only playing for like 2-3 mins.

Again, we have to REMEMBER that we are living in a MULTIRACIAL COUNTRY. So what is okay for us, might not be so okay with those who don't practice the same religion as us. Just because Islam is the majority religion, that doesn't mean only other religion have to tolerate with us and we don't have to tolerate with them.

I've been in an environment of Muslims and also Non Muslims. The problem with some Malay Muslim in Malaysia is that they think they are so great. Some can be very disrespectful to other religion. How are some Muslims behaving in an intolerant manner towards other religion?

1. They criticized and make fun of the idols of other religion. Sure Islam don't believe in idols and it's a sin to do so but is it necessary for a Muslim to be so critical of it when other non Muslims are doing it?

2. Critical of the smell that is produced by the burning sticks used in prayers. The smell won't last forever and if you can't stand the smell just spray some air freshener. This is the perfect comparison to the Azan. Some non Muslims can't tolerate the Azan as how some of us Muslims can't tolerate the smell of burning sticks. So what do we do to solve this problem? Lower the Azan slightly to what is "deemed reasonable" and as for the burning sticks, maybe they can burn it less or find a better burning place where the smell won't be that obvious.

3. Make a big fuss about the jam due to any religious event that is going on. We Muslims make a big fuss about the jams that are caused but have you ever think of what some of the non Muslims might think of the jam that take place every Friday for the Friday prayers?

MY POINT : For Muslims to be more tolerant and don't simply jump to conclusions that whatever the non Muslims request is to provoked the Muslims or destroy the Muslims. In regards to this Azan issue, some Muslims are so intolerant that they immediately viciously attack the person for even making a statement that the Azan was TOO LOUD. Some commented that the person should just get lost and don't live in Malaysia, calling that person names and even accusing Muslims who support that person as "MUNAFIK" ( religious hypocrite)/ "KAFIR" (disbeliever).

I'm neither a munafiq or a kafir. All i'm asking is for some Muslims to be more tolerant and use common sense and logic when dealing a problem. I'm not the one tarnishing the image of Islam. I don't go around showing that Islam is a religion of intolerance by saying mean and humiliating stuff, and claiming to be defending the religion and therefore any form of nasty utterances is justified. Funny, for someone that is so Islamic, they are capable of cursing and saying nasty things.

This guy is merely questioning the loudness of the Azan. He's not saying mean things about it. So think reasonably and don't viciously attack him for bringing up this issue.