The Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted to permit the Muslim name to prayer to be broadcast 5 occasions a day for every of the 5 each day Muslim prayers, together with at dawn and at night time.

With the vote to amend the town’s noise ordinances, Minneapolis would turn out to be the primary main American metropolis to permit all 5 broadcasts of the Muslim name to prayer, or adman. Of the council’s 13 members, three are Muslim.

Mayor Jacob Frey is anticipated to signal the measure subsequent week.

The 5 prayers are stated at dawn, midday, mid-to-late afternoon, sundown and when the night time sky seems. Some morning and night prayers had violated the noise ordinances, which allowed broadcasts from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., relying on the time of yr.

Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, will finish on the night of April 20, with the celebration of Eid al-Fitr instantly following.

“This is a historic victory for religious freedom and pluralism for our entire nation. We thank the members of the Minneapolis City Council for setting this great example, and we urge other cities to follow it,” Jaylani Hussein, govt director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota chapter, stated in a press release.

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