Those progressive Europeans.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie

As I understand it, the minarets in question are rarely used as an actual call to prayer. All the same, if you were to outlaw their use for that purpose I would think you'd have to do the same for us Catholics.

So why do you need the bells, no clock?

Oh I know there is a whole musical thing devoted to bell ringing and carrillons do sound nice, but much of it is simply done for historical reasons.