MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow the announcement or “adhan” to be heard over speakers ...

Minneapolis recently became the first major U.S. city to allow the “adhan,” or Muslim call to prayer, to be broadcast from mosques five times a day. In April 2023, the Minneapolis City Council ...

Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban announced a new initiative Tuesday to support the Islamic call to public prayer. The Adhan is a religious chant that is typically played out loud in ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Two days after announcing that Islamic students would be broadcasting a weekly call to prayer from the Duke Chapel bell tower, Duke University officials abandoned that plan Thursday, ...

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A "credible and serious security threat" was a primary reason that Duke University officials on Thursday abandoned plans to allow Muslim students to start broadcasting a weekly call to prayer from the ...

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 ...

In New York City, there have been new sounds on the streets of Astoria during Ramadan this year. Mosques have been broadcasting the Islamic call to prayer over loudspeakers with the city's permission.