The city of Minneapolis in the U.S. Midwest has allowed the Islamic call to prayer, known as the adhan, ahead of the holy month of Ramadan. The call to prayer can be recited by local mosques in the ...

Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced relaxed guidelines for broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer. Mosques no longer need permits to broadcast the call during Ramadan or on ...

But it’s not the sixth century, it’s the 21st (well, in most countries) and we have far more effective, and let’s be honest, discreet ways of reminding believers to get down on their knees. Now, I’m a ...

Minneapolis officials have approved loudspeaker broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all times – making it the first major American city to do so. The Minneapolis City Council on Thursday ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chant in Arabic blasted from rooftop loudspeakers, drowning out both the growl of traffic from nearby interstates and the chatter and clinking glasses on the patio of the dive ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Under the new rules, Adams said, mosques will not need a special permit to publicly broadcast the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, on Fridays and at sundown during the holy month of ...

Weeks after saying he hates Islam, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is now calling for a ban on calls to prayer. Muslim groups say ...

Multiple advocacy groups have repeatedly denounced Beckwith's comments on Islam.

A debate over a few minutes of daily prayer has become one of Denmark's most divisive national conversations.

NEW YORK — The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams, which he said should foster a spirit of inclusivity. Under the ...