[hunter112]

Actually, I understand the outrage on a psychological level; I was looking for a legal rationale for banning the Islamic prayer if Christian church bells are allowed.

You could always make a legal rationale out of time (nothing before 8AM, or after 7 PM, for example) or decibel level. You could make a complaint threshold standard, too. If 200 (pick your number) residents within a quarter-mile range complain, then the noise is automatically deemed excessive. Sure, it could happen with the church bells, too, but at least this gives the non-Islamists a fighting chance.

[Proverbs 3-5]

You could always make a legal rationale out of time (nothing before 8AM, or after 7 PM, for example) or decibel level. You could make a complaint threshold standard, too. If 200 (pick your number) residents within a quarter-mile range complain, then the noise is automatically deemed excessive. Sure, it could happen with the church bells, too, but at least this gives the non-Islamists a fighting chance.

A lot of communities will nail you if your car stereo or boom box is too loud. I guess as long as its in Arabic and musically challenged it's ok...

[antiRepublicrat]

"It will be considered an infraction under this section to cause stationary, electrically-amplified sound that creates a sound pressure of over X decibels when measured at Y feet from the source upon the receipt of X complaints of citizens residing in homes within range, or owning or managing businesses within range, of hearing of such sound. Necessary emergency or police-related occurances are exempt from this clause."

Church bells (real ones), fire station and other alarms are exempted, as are ice cream trucks (not stationary). Electronic church bells are also good if no one complains. The Muslims better get their guy shouting from the minaret.