Mississauga Hindu temples play hymns outdoors

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The community debate in Mississauga exposes a divide over public space and sounds during a pandemic when people are reluctant to gather indoors

“Initially we opposed calls for prayers during the holy month of Ramadan,” said Rao Yenbamuri, president of Hindu Forum Canada – a seven-member Mississauga-based not-for-profit formed in March. A May 2 letter on the group’s website called it “a violation of our secular values.”

“We see that happening very prominently in Quebec with Bill 21,” she said, referring to a law that prevents many public servants from wearing religious symbols at work, “and we saw it happening in Mississauga and other jurisdictions in the country when the call to prayer was permitted during the month of Ramadan because of the pandemic.”

“A lot of seniors want to come to the temple, just to be there physically but not come inside,” he said.

 

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