Minneapolis poised to make history by permitting full call to prayer broadcasts

[Deeq A.]

Minneapolis (HOL) - The Minneapolis City Council is slated to vote on Thursday to lift restrictions on mosques' ability to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer, or adhan, from their rooftops five times a day. Currently, mosques can only play the calls between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., limiting them to three or four broadcasts daily instead of the customary five. This amendment would position Minneapolis as the first major U.S. city to explicitly allow the complete set of broadcasts year-round, according to the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN).

Source: Hiiraan Online