India, June 25 -- A petition in the Bombay High Court; a meeting of imams in Govandi; and a delegation that tried, unsuccessfully, to meet deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar - these moves over the last two days reflect the disquiet among Mumbai's Muslims against the police's ongoing efforts to remove loudspeakers from mosques.

On Monday, five Muslim religious institutions moved court against the manner in which the police have been discharging these duties. The five institutions are all in Parksite, Vikhroli, where former MLA Arif Naseem Khan of the Congress has been active in the matter. They are represented by senior counsel Yusuf Muchhala and A Karim Pathan of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights.

On Tuesday, Samajwadi Party ...