Muslim call to prayer can now be broadcast publicly in New York City without a permit

By KAREN MATTHEWS
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced by Mayor Eric Adams. Adams said Tuesday that mosques no longer need a special permit to publicly broadcast the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, on Fridays and at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan. He says the police department’s community affairs bureau will work to ensure that devices used to broadcast the adhan are set to appropriate decibel levels. Officials in Minneapolis made news last year when they moved to allow mosques to broadcast the adhan publicly.