Woman rebuked for reciting Quran over mosque loudspeaker at night
The clip from Madiun, East Java has drawn more than 1.7 million views and mixed reactions from social media users.
JAKARTA – A video clip circulating in Indonesia shows a woman being rebuked for reciting the Quran using a mosque's microphone at night.
The incident is believed to have taken place in Madiun, East Java, recently.
The footage, uploaded to TikTok by the account @kajimbonang, shows the person filming admonishing the woman as she recited using the mosque's microphone and loudspeaker.
Besides reciting at night, the rebuke was made on the grounds that she was allegedly disturbing the peace of local residents.
The recording has drawn more than 1.7 million views and sparked a range of reactions among social media users.
Some questioned the decision to record the encounter and post it online.
"If you have manners, just advise her. There is no need to record a video," one netizen said, in a remark translated from the original.
Another user compared the situation to other sources of neighbourhood noise.
"So listening to dangdut until morning is fine?" the user said.
No further details on the woman's identity or the response of the mosque management were available in the report. – AGENCIES
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