Jason Sims with the Culver City Police Department. "We have had and will continue to have a great relationship with mosque leadership," said Capt. This was something new, and it was not altogether clear how it would be received - as with many things Muslim in the U.S.īut in Culver City, the call to prayer did not go unchallenged for long.Īfter four days, on May 18, the city's police department revoked the amplified noise permit, citing people congregating at the mosque in violation of the county health order, as well as "numerous loud noise complaints from area residents." Outside the Culver City mosque, some pedestrians stopped in their tracks when they first heard the adhan, seemingly surprised. Cities across Southern California, including Redlands, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga and Claremont, have allowed mosques to broadcast the call to prayer publicly. In extraordinary times, when Muslims are unable to break the fast and pray together because COVID-19 has forced mosques to close - as it has some churches and other places of worship - the adhan has brought comfort. Like the life-altering pandemic that inspired it from here to Minnesota to New Jersey during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Which is what made the scene in a Culver City neighborhood, near a gun shop and a church with a sign reading "Jesus Saves," unusual.
People stop in their tracks to watch Mahmood Nadvi deliver the Islamic call to prayer from the roof of King Fahad Mosque in Culver City.
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