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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the call to prayer is one of the loveliest sounds out t
here. It's not like it's a honking horn. [/quote]

I have insomnia and many nights I'm just getting real sleep (REM) between 4:30 am and 6:30 am. No matter how lovely the sound, if something woke me up every day at 5:30 am it would be a negative impact on my health as I would not be able to fall back asleep.

What about separation of church and state?[/quote]

The point is after a couple weeks you wouldn't wake up anymore; the brain adjusts.

I used to live next to a hospital. It took about 2 weeks before I stopped noticing the constant sirens. I'd be talking to someone on the phone and they'd say "what the heck is that noise?" and I'd have to think about it for a moment before realizing yup, siren right outside my window. And sirens go all hours of the night by the way. [/quote]

I grew up a block from a church.  They rang bells at the start of every mass - so twice a day weekdays and four times on Sundays.  I truly never noticed them when I lived there.  Then when I went back to visit my parents it was so jarring at first!
You definitely get used to whatever your ambient environment is.

As for separation of church and state...
let's remember than what the first amendment actually says is "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, [b]or prohibiting the free exercise thereof[/b][i][u]"
The establishment clause isn't the only part of the Bill of Rights.  Specifying muslim call to prayer as OK, but not church bells, would be unconstitutional against the establishment clause.  But prohibiting people from exercising their religion is *also* unconstitutional.[/quote]

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