The NL Times reported Tuesday that the Blauwe Moskee in Amsterdam Nieuw-West wants to broadcast the Islamic call to prayer (the Adhan) over loudspeakers, in an attempt to “normalize Islamic traditions” in the Netherlands. The leader of the mosque, imam Yassin Elforkani, also says that if the call to prayer goes out over loudspeakers, “Amsterdam residents will get more used to the religion as something normal and unrest will disappear.” So apparently all the “unrest” comes from Dutch people not being used to Islam, right? Or could it possibly have something to do with all those Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” while they’re killing people?

The cry of “Allahu akbar,” since it is repeated several times during the call to prayer, is at the forefront of this discussion in the Netherlands. “We do not want to provoke with this, but try to normalize Islamic traditions,” says Elforkani. “Because of international terrorism, people still associate ‘Allahu akbar’ with violence or misery, while many visitors to our mosque experience it as something meditative. The Adhan can contribute to the fact that Islam is finally seen as something normal in the Netherlands.”