Dearborn Residents Seek Enforcement Over Mosque Call Noise
In Dearborn, Michigan, neighbors led by Andrea Unger presented a petition signed by about 40 residents at a Sept. 23 City Council meeting asking officials to enforce the city's noise ordinance after recordings showed a nearby mosque's loudspeaker call to prayer repeatedly exceeded local decibel limits. Council President Mike Sareini said police have investigated and found ordinance violations and that a full police report is pending; the Islamic Institute of Knowledge is the mosque named in complaints. Residents say the issue is about ordinance enforcement and privacy, not religion, while some neighbors fear backlash for speaking out.
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🔍 Key Facts
- Petition presented Sept. 23, 2025 to Dearborn City Council signed by roughly 40 neighbors
- Resident-recorded measurements over 30 consecutive days reportedly showed the mosque call to prayer exceeded 70 decibels
- Dearborn ordinance: residential limits of 55 dB at night (after 10 p.m.) and 60 dB during the day (7 a.m.–10 p.m.), and loudspeakers are prohibited between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.; police say they found violations and are preparing a report