Mosque loudspeaker plan prompts controversial advice from local councillor

News24 host James Morrow names Councillor Saud Abu-Samen his "wally of the week" after the councillor suggested that residents upset by plans for a mosque to broadcast the Friday call to prayer via loudspeakers should simply "close their windows". “Out in Western Sydney … the local mosque wants to put loudspeakers up to broadcast the Friday call to prayer,” Mr Morrow said. “Not surprisingly, this has gone down like a lead falafel out there. “Councillor Saud Abu-Samen has offered local residents a simple solution: if you’re really annoyed, ‘close your windows’.”