The city of NY will allow for the first time mosques of the city use the loudspeakers to call to prayer during the Fridays of the month of ramadanMayor Eric Adams announced today.
Starting next month of ramadanin March 2024, the nearly 300 mosques of NY they may use loudspeakers twice a day, at noon and in the evening, at the time of breaking the fast.
“We want our siblings y sisters of Muslim faith feel that they are free to live their faith in NYbecause we are all equal before the law,” Adams said. “You will be free to amplify your call to prayer on Fridays of ramadan without specific permission,” he added.
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The measure will be in force only in the month of ramadan for being him holy month par excellence for the Muslimsand is that every Muslim who has passed puberty must refrain from eating, drinking, smoking or having sexual relations between dawn and sunset for the duration of that month.
There are NY 275 mosques or Islamic prayer centers, which serve the more than 850,000 Muslims of the city, a community that alone represents 22% of the total Muslims throughout the United States.
While the sound of bells It is common in churches NY since always, the mosques they could not use their loudspeakers, as they often do in countries where the majority of the population is Muslim.
2023-08-29 19:40:00
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