THE following story needs to be recounted in this country. Muhammad Ahmad, a resident of Cairo, Egypt, wrote a letter of protest to the local authorities. Essentially, he felt disturbed by the excessively loud calls to prayer (azan) from loudspeakers of mosques in the densely populated area where he lives. To this devout Muslim, the unrestrained decibel level of the call to prayer emanating from the loudspeakers sounded more like a rock