The City of Cape Town has been slammed for “gross insensitivity” after it instructed the Tennyson Street Mosque in Salt River to mitigate the sound of the call to prayer with immediate effect. This resulted in the Mayor of Cape Town requesting a meeting with the Mosque Committee to explain the new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)(resource.capetown.gov.za/docu...) and why he opted for a SOP instead of amending the Streets Public Places and the Prevention of Noise Nuisance By-law, 2007 (as amended) (openbylaws.org.za/za-cpt/act/....