The government of Rwanda has placed a ban on mosques in the capital, Kigali, preventing them from using loudspeakers during the call to prayer, in an attempt to deal with noise making.
This ban is coming weeks after the government closed down over 700 churches accused of making noise and operating without proper building standards.
The places of worship for these churches were found to lack basic infrastructure, fell short of hygiene, safety standards and had issues related to their legal status.
Some churches were also closed for not having inadequate parking lots and operating from tents.
The Police in Rwanda last week arrested six church leaders for attempting to defy a government order that requires churches to comply with building regulations and noise pollution.
President Paul Kagame has publicly criticized what he called a huge number of illegal churches in the country and questioned whether these churches, bring any worthy benefit to the people while describing them as a security threat.
The clampdown has now been extended to Mosques with Muslim leaders in Rwanda criticizing the loudspeaker ban as they had wished to be asked to rather keep the volume down.
Muslims make up around 5% of the population in Rwanda.
Source: Africafeeds.com
