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Minneapolis allows Islamic call to prayer five times per day

A man prays in a mosque in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which will now allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours year-round [File: Jessie Wardarski/AP Photo]

The Islamic call to prayer, or “adhan”, will soon echo through the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, as it becomes the first large US city to approve mosques to publicly broadcast the call to prayer five times each day.

The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a resolution making changes to the city’s noise ordinance, which had prevented some morning and evening calls during certain times of year.

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