Ring your bells later, father

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Way back in August and December 2007, we posted about a Tilburg pastor who rang his church bells way too early and who got fined for doing so.

And since I love a good trinity, the city council has now ruled that the bells can only be rung after 7:30 am.

Priest Harm Schilder claimed the right to call the faithful to prayer as part of religious freedom. OK, but city council thinks the neighbours have a right to be woken up with their own alarm clocks at a time of their choice.

(Link: dutchnews.nl, Photo: bells, Valkenburg, Limburg)

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  1. […] posted about Priest Harm Schilder from Tilburg who had bell ringing issues a few times, attempting to defy the law using freedom of religion as an […]

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