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Previously required to obtain a permit to derogate from the municipality’s noise level restrictions, Muslim places of worship in the city will now be able to broadcast the call to prayer on Friday noon and during Ramadan, without prior request. A step forward for the Muslim community still very discriminated against in the United States.
The song of the muezzin, this Muslim official responsible for calling the faithful to prayer, can now mingle with the characteristic noise of New York traffic. Muslim places of worship in New York City will now be free to broadcast the call for the premiere on Friday noon and during Ramadan, New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday.
Mosques previously had to obtain a permit to deviate from the municipality’s noise level restrictions. “For too long there has been confusion about which communities are allowed to broadcast their calls to prayer in an amplified way,” Eric Adams said in a town hall speech attended by New York Muslim leaders. Today we are reducing bureaucracy and saying clearly: “If you are a mosque or any place of worship, you do not need to apply for a permit to broadcast your call to Friday prayers. You are free to live your faith in New York City.” The Greater New York urban area, which also includes counties in New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, has 275 mosques according to a census by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, which specializes in the study of the Muslim community. American.
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2023-09-02 14:04:00
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