What should you do if a stranger knocks on your front door at 2AM?
A stranger once pounded on my door late at night. I looked through the window and it was a woman who was so upset she was almost incoherent. She told me she had just escaped from two abductors. There was a car with a door open and the motor running across the street. I wasn't going to open the door, but she pleaded and said she had almost no clothes on. I changed my mind and let her in. I had her sit down, gave her a blanket, and called the police. It turned out that she had been abducted that morning in a store parking lot and driven around in her own car until the rapists abandoned her and the car in front of my house. She managed to get herself untied and out of the car and to my door. The police came, and eventually an ambulance. The woman was traumatized and terrified so I rode with her to the emergency room. Two detectives gave me a ride back. The two detectives told me that it was a mistake to open my door. She could have had accomplices waiting hidden. But what would it be like to be in this woman's situation and to be left shivering on someone's doorstep waiting for the police to arrive? Many strangers have helped me in my life. I would never tell you to open your door to a stranger in any situation. There are people who perpetrate scams by pretending to be in distress. You have to keep safe. But I am glad that I was there when this woman needed help.
Does Adhan (the Muslim call for prayer) annoy non-Muslims?
Er, um, surely you are aware that in most Muslim countries, churches are forbidden to have their worship audible outside the walls of their churches, much less ring church bells. In the UK and the U.S., Muslims are now using noise abatement ordinances to silence Christian churches in their neighborhoods. Now imagine that in an Islamic country, 5 times a day and waking you during the wee hours, you must listen to Christian churches blasting over loudspeakers the Trisagion prayers in Byzantine chant followed by the Lord's Prayer: “In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Glory to Thee O God, glory to Thee. O Heavenly King, O Comforter, the Spirit of Truth…Come and dwell in us and cleanse us from every stain and save our souls, O gracious one…” That is the most beautiful sound in the world to an Orthodox Christian, but you as a Muslim would condemn it as blasphemous and proselytizing, wouldn't you? However, the Muslim call to prayer is absolutely those things to Christians and other Non-Muslims. Then why on Earth should you expect Christians and other Non-Muslims to enjoy being blasted by it day and night in their neighborhoods?
How do non-Muslims feel about azaan on loudspeakers at 5AM?
I am an atheist but still I have to listen Azaan from a mosque and Prayers (Morning Aarti) from a Hindu temple.My Home in Delhi is 100 meter away from a Temple and around 150 meter away from a Mosque.Every morning at 4 AM Azaan starts from Mosque and After 1 hour, around 5 AM, Temple Aarti (Hindu praying) starts. As an atheist/lazy/not so early morning person i was forced to listen both of them, But in-last 15 years my body is used to these things, but it does feel annoying sometimes.When Sonu Nigam raised a question about azaan in the morning i was completely in support of him. Why should we listen to everything that we don’t need? Maybe language of the Tweet bothers many Muslims but i think normal people like me will completely agree with him.Instead of finding solutions we often jump onto the conclusion. Oh!! he is Anti-Muslim, He wants to join politics, Bollywood is not giving him many singing opportunities that’s why he is frustrated. Oh come on…… He doesn’t need sympathy of Bollywood he can earn enough by singing on live shows.I think one should ask these question time to time and we as a society should try to find a solution instead of making them national news or Hindu vs Muslims debate. The problem with our society is that we don’t want to dive into the core issue.“Arrey bhai…… Bhavnao ko samjho” (try to understand his emotions).Solutions are also there but i know nobody wants to listen to them.Solution 1:We can make radio stations for local community with frequency like 90.9 for Azaan and 90.8 for morning prayers, 91.0 for Gurubani and 91.2 for Church prayers. If anyone wants to listen to Azaan/gurubani/Aarti then switch on the radio, tune into particular frequency and listen it, enjoy and switch off the radio after you’re done with prayers.I will add more solutions in future, you can also suggest some solutions in comments.Solution 2: (Suggested by Sumanth Madambadithaya)Make an Android or iOS App which will have Live Azaan, Live Aarti or Live Gurubani. Your can search for your nearest Mosque/Temple/Church/Gurudwara. (Limitation: it will need smartphone and internet connectivity).