Textbook sparks row over mosque depicted as noise pollutant

[Rafael]

The true colors are showing off. Brace yourselves Indian Muslims, you are in for a very difficult times ahead.

May Allah be with you!

 

[The_Showstopper]

Why there is row over this picture? What exactly is the problem here?

Accha acting naive. Are we? Ok listen it out. Why use a picture of mosque for noise pollution? There are many other sources which cause more pollution like temples(incessant noise for continuous 1-2 hours on a daily basis), Ganpati/Durga pandals(incessant noise for continuous 8-10 hours), factories etc.

 

[Arefin007]

there is no need for loudspeakers if you believe it you keep it to yourself. why force others to listen when they dont want to plus in a language they dont understand. on a windy day you could hear sounds from east london mosque as far off as prescot and aldgate. birmingham and bradford are on a different level altogether

 

[EndangeredSpecies]

To an extent there is noise pollution..... But that is not specific to mosques, even the temples..... In my place the mosque starts around 5 am (it is called Baangu in my local language) around 5 30 the temple starts its bajans.....Similarly there are programs by Christian communities (especially the Pentecostal section of it)..... Every such noise pollution should be stopped...

Baangu? Thats... messed up. Baang in Hindi mean Crocking of Rooster in the morning. I hope this similarity b/w Hindi and Malyalam is just a coincidence. Is it a proper word or a slang?



@The_Showstopper
You folks are aware ICSE is a private board. It is not affiliated with Indian government.

 

[ranjeet]

What should I answer? Chadgayi kya?

What this picture depicts is wrong or it's just so true that it hurts the feeling?

 

[nair]

Baangu? Thats... messed up. Baang in Hindi mean Crocking of Rooster in the morning. I hope this similarity b/w Hindi and Malyalam is just a coincidence. Is it a proper word or a slang?

Both are different words with different language with different meanings..... So no point in discussing....

 

[EndangeredSpecies]

What this picture depicts is wrong or it's just so true that it hurts the feeling?

issue is finger pointing at Muslims. Guru-dwara and Temples do this noise pollution as well. Infact Gurubaani runs for hours together and so does keertan in temples. A Jaagran --literally means keeping awake-- during durga pooja is very very loud. I challenge anyone to sleep during that time if you are near a place where they have set up the idol and they are doing the Jaagran. Its a 9 days of high decibel madness.

 

[The_Showstopper]

What this picture depicts is wrong or it's just so true that it hurts the feeling?

If you want to show a noise source from a religious place, then why only include mosques, why not temples etc.

 

[T-Rex]

To an extent there is noise pollution..... But that is not specific to mosques, even the temples..... In my place the mosque starts around 5 am (it is called Baangu in my local language) around 5 30 the temple starts its bajans.....Similarly there are programs by Christian communities (especially the Pentecostal section of it)..... Every such noise pollution should be stopped...

Those who are after the Muslims will only focus on mosques.

 

[ranjeet]

If you want to show a noise source from a religious place, then why only include mosques, why not temples etc.

India is a secular country maybe the publishers wanted to show that India is much more than temples. They are just celebrating our minorities.

issue is finger pointing at Muslims. Guru-dwara and Temples do this noise pollution as well. Infact Gurubaani runs for hours together and so does keertan in temples. A Jaagran --literally means keeping awake-- during durga pooja is very very loud. I challenge anyone to sleep during that time if you are near a place where they have set up the idol and they are doing the Jaagran. Its a 9 days of high decibel madness.

That's like saying why only sedans and pickup trucks are shown as vehicles who create noise pollution why not small cars?

 

[T-Rex]

there is no need for loudspeakers if you believe it you keep it to yourself. why force others to listen when they dont want to plus in a language they dont understand. on a windy day you could hear sounds from east london mosque as far off as prescot and aldgate. birmingham and bradford are on a different level altogether

You think you are being fair, right? Even the indian non-Muslims are pointing out the hypocrisy while you keep licking the boots of the RSS terrorists.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Textbook sparks row over mosque depicted as noise pollutant
The science textbook, published by Selina Publishers, has a chapter on the causes of noise pollution. The picture, shared widely on social media, shows a train, car, plane and a mosque, all with symbols depicting loud sound, next to a man grimacing and shutting his ears.

Gupta said the diagram on page 202 of its publication, Integrated Science, consisted of “a structure resembling a portion of a fort and other noise producing objects in a noisy city”. (File/AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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An image in a class VI textbook taught in ICSE schools showing a “mosque” as a source of noise pollution has sparked outrage on social media, prompting an apology from the publisher and the promise that the picture would be removed in subsequent editions. The science textbook, published by Selina Publishers, has a chapter on the causes of noise pollution. The picture, shared widely on social media, shows a train, car, plane and a mosque, all with symbols depicting loud sound, next to a man grimacing and shutting his ears.

Netizens have now launched an online petition demanding the book be withdrawn. While ICSE board officials were not available for comment, the publisher has apologised for the image. “This is to inform all concerned that we will be changing the picture in subsequent editions of the book,” publisher Hemant Gupta said on social media sites. Gupta said the diagram on page 202 of its publication, Integrated Science, consisted of “a structure resembling a portion of a fort and other noise producing objects in a noisy city”.

“We do apologise if it has hurt the sentiments of anyone,” he said. Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam had stoked a controversy in April this year when he said he was woken up by the sound of “azaan” — early morning calls for prayers from mosques — amplified by loudspeakers. There have been several incidents of controversial content being found in school textbooks in recent months.

Excerpts from a class XII Physical Education textbook taught in some CBSE schools had kicked up a furore for defining a figure measurement of 36-24-36 as the “best body shape for females”. A class IV environmental science textbook that suggested killing a kitten as part of an experiment went viral on social media, forcing the publisher to withdraw it from the market earlier this year.


http://indianexpress.com/article/in...r-mosque-depicted-as-noise-pollutant-4731666/

It's true. Pollution (regardless of the source) should be curtailed.
Trees or other barriers can be placed strategically to reduce noise.

Austria, Turkey have good to dos in this case that can be emulated.

 

[EndangeredSpecies]

That's like saying why only sedans and pickup trucks are shown as vehicles who create noise pollution why not small cars?

Oh dear!
Sedans and Pickup trucks are not singled out as communities are! Sedan and Pickup trucks means vehicles when you show it to most folks.
When you show a building with domes and arched gates.... guess what everyone gathers from it.

They could have a shown a gathering and just a symbol of loud speaker -- which is actually the problem. To me it appears someone went through some trouble to include picture of mosque while a simple picture of loud speaker might have done the job.

 

[The_Showstopper]

India is a secular country maybe the publishers wanted to show that India is much more than temples. They are just celebrating our minorities.

Accha

India is indeed a secular country and the world knows about it, Now the world needs to know that Hindus are the majority, so by publishing a temple they could have celebrated India and it majority population.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

issue is finger pointing at Muslims. Guru-dwara and Temples do this noise pollution as well. Infact Gurubaani runs for hours together and so does keertan in temples. A Jaagran --literally means keeping awake-- during durga pooja is very very loud. I challenge anyone to sleep during that time if you are near a place where they have set up the idol and they are doing the Jaagran. Its a 9 days of high decibel madness.

BS. Gurbaani or kirtaan is localized. You will never hear them 1 km from their location. Loudspeakers DO NOT blare them.

This is jaiz and the picture is fine.