The Muslim call to prayer can now be heard from mosque speakers in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The call to prayer, also known as the adhan or azan, can be played three times a day by local mosques in Minnesota’s largest city as long as the loudness does not exceed a particular decibel restriction and it is not performed in the morning or at night.
Jamal Osman, a city council member, submitted the bill, calling it “a signal of the equality and community we have built here.”
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“This is America, and we are entitled to share our beliefs from the rooftops, just like everyone else,” he added, stressing that the call is authorized during the same hours as Christian church bells are allowed to ring.
In 2004, Hamtramck, Michigan, became the first city in the United States to legalize the call to prayer, which was followed by Dearborn, Michigan, and Paterson, New Jersey.
