New York City mosques can now broadcast Muslim call to prayer on Friday afternoons without permit

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

New York City mosques can now broadcast Muslim call to prayer on Friday afternoons without permit

By Celina Tebor
Published 4:10 PM EDT, Tue August 29, 2023

(CNN) — New York City issued new guidance Tuesday allowing mosques (masjids) to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer on Fridays between 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. without obtaining a permit and despite sound restrictions in city neighborhoods.

According to the city, the guidance also allows the call to prayer to be broadcast in the evenings during Ramadan, a month-long period of fasting and prayer for the Muslim community.

“Today we are cutting red tape and saying clearly if you are a mosque or house of worship of any kind, you do not have to apply for a permit to amplify your call to Friday prayer. You are free to live your faith in NYC,” Mayor Eric Adams said while announcing the new guidance Tuesday.

The call to prayer is the Adhan, also spelled Azan, which is usually broadcast publicly over speakers or a public address system in a house of worship that summons members of the Muslim faith for prayer, a news release from the city said.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/29/us/new-york-city-mosques-broadcast-call-to-prayer-reaj/index.html

[Effete Snob]

1. I'm surprised they had required permits in the first place

Obvious First Amendment issue is obvious.

[BlueIn_W_Pa]

3. You don't have a 1st A right to blast your prayers into my home.

That's what they are saying

[BlueIn_W_Pa]

2. Your right to practice your religion

stops when it invades my rights.

Allowing an exception to noise laws for religious reasons - used to set a standard to what people can do to disrupt the rest of the neighborhood - is simply ridiculous. I don't necessarily like the church bell either, but that's 20 seconds, not an hour.

So all the nearby residents have to listen to Muslim prayers blasted across loudspeakers?

The new initiative, launched by the NYPD, clarifies the call to prayer is allowed in New York City and “not prohibited despite sound restrictions in city neighborhoods,” the release said.

[msongs]

4. pretty much. and btw no xtian churches around here blast bell sounds nt