By AC
Posted yesterday at 6:43 p.m., Updated yesterday at 7:05 p.m.
New York. Ondrej Bucek / stock.adobe.com
Until now, mosques in the city had to submit a request to municipal authorities to publicly call for prayers.
The muezzin will now be able to call the New York Muslim faithful to prayer, without asking for prior administrative authorization, announced Eric Adams, Democratic Mayor of New York on August 29. There “covenant», between 3 and 5 minutes, will now resonate between 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., as well as during Ramadan at the same times, and in the evening for breaking the fast. The aedile specified that the police will work with the Moslem leaders in order to regulate the devices intended for the prayer to the good decibels, maximum 10 above the level of the ambient noise. New York imitates Minneapolis (Minnesota) which authorized it in March 2022.
Until now, mosques in the city had to submit a request to municipal authorities to publicly call for prayers. “We want our Muslim brothers and sisters to know that they are free to live their faith in New York because now under the law we will all be treated the same. Our administration is proud to have finally achieved this result.“, explained the mayor. The city is said to host around 1 million Muslims, or 9% of the total population. The Muslim community of Baltimore, strong in the example of the “Big Apple”, has already asked the municipality to imitate this decision.
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«Allowing mosques to broadcast the Adhan is an important step in including New York’s Muslim communities. However, this decision is tarnished by the fact that it comes immediately after Mayor Adams’ shameful trip to meet with Israeli leaders who are trampling on the freedom, rights and dignity of Palestinian Muslims and Christians.“, denounced Nerdeen Kiswani, Palestinian activist and founder of Within Our Lifetime Palestine, quoted by Middle East Eyes.
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