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< p class = "blog-post-meta" > < time datetime = "2016-09-07T19:32:36+03:00" > Wed Sep 07, 2016< / time > by Alan Orth in
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< p > The irony is rich with this one, because this mosque has a sound system from another planet. If I wasn’ t worried about my personal safety I’ d put up a sign right next to it saying: < em > Please mute your mosque, there is a sleeping Alan 50m away< / em > .< / p >
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