Overview

• Minneapolis has become the first major U.S. city to allow the broadcasting of the Muslim call to prayer five times a day, allowing the city to join Muslim-majority cities worldwide in this historic practice.
• The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to amend its noise ordinance to permit the adhan to be announced from speakers before dawn, at night, and during all daylight hours.
• The decision follows a year of allowing the calls during limited daytime hours and aims to ensure members of the Muslim community can fully exercise their faith.
• Christian and Jewish leaders in Minneapolis voiced support for extending adhan hours at a public hearing before the vote.
• Roughly three of the City Council's 13 members practice Islam, and the city is home to a flourishing East African Muslim immigrant community.