Mayor of New York Metropolis, Eric Adams, introduced on August 29, that mosques will have the ability to name Muslims to prayer each Friday and at Iftar throughout Ramadan.
Within the presence of leaders of the Muslim group in New York, Adams said that “as we speak, we’re slicing pink tape and saying clearly in case you are a mosque or a home of worship of any form, you do not need to use for a allow to amplify your name to Friday prayer.”
Stressing that New York’s Muslims are free to observe their religion, The Democratic mayor famous that Islam is a crucial a part of New York’s tradition and that mosques have been of nice assist in countering crime and unlawful immigration.
With this initiative, which, based on the mayor, ought to promote inclusion within the metropolis, New York is following within the footsteps of different American cities, akin to Minneapolis within the State of Minnesota.
In April, and a historic initiative, Minneapolis turned the primary main metropolis within the US to permit mosques to broadcast the decision to prayer by way of loudspeakers at any time.
The Minneapolis Metropolis Council unanimously authorized a decision amending the town’s noise ordinance, which had prevented Fajr and Ishaa’s calls of prayer throughout sure durations of the yr.