Minneapolis to make history with Muslim call to prayer action



Why it matters: This change would make Minneapolis the first major U.S. city to explicitly allow the full set of broadcasts all year, according to the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN).

Driving the news: The city council will vote Thursday on an ordinance that would expand when the prompts to pray, known as adhans, can be played via outdoor speakers.

State of play: Local mosques can already use amplified sound to play the announcements between 7am and 10pm.
The proposed ordinance would change that by removing language restricting the amplified sound overnight from city code.
Zoom out: Public broadcasts of the adhan are common in Muslim-majority nations, but remain rare in the U.S.

The Detroit suburbs of Dearborn and Hamtramck and Patterson, New Jersey have practices and policies similar to the one proposed in Minneapolis.

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