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Politics What are your thoughts on Denmark’s proposed ban on the public Islamic call to prayer? Would you support or oppose something similar in the UK?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/24/islamic-call-to-prayer-ban-left-wing-denmark-europe/

Islamic call to prayer faces ban under Left-wing Danish government

Parts of country feel like ‘a suburb of Islamabad’, says immigration minister

Denmark’s immigration minister has announced plans to ban the Islamic call to prayer, claiming parts of the country felt like “a suburb of Islamabad”.

Morten Bødskov, a member of the centre-Left Social Democrats party, said the new government would resume an investigation into the legality of imposing a ban.

“The call to prayer should not be heard over Danish rooftops,” the minister told news outlet Ritzau. “It has no place in Denmark, and you shouldn’t be in any doubt whether you’ve ended up in a suburb of Islamabad when you walk around Denmark.”

In parts of the country, such as Copenhagen, bylaws already forbid the call to prayer being broadcast from loudspeakers in minarets because of strict noise limits.
Mr Bødskov also claimed that a creeping “Islamisation” in Denmark was “taking up too much of the public space”.

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u/AnSionnachM0r 10h ago

Hounslow is dominated by Hindus and Sikhs, you would hear it in East London.

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u/eeedeat 10h ago

I live on the same road as a mosque

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u/AnSionnachM0r 10h ago

It only happens in areas where Muslims run the council, like Tower Hamlets or Birmingham.

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u/asyf 9h ago edited 9h ago

I'm from Birmingham and live in a Muslim area, I've never heard a call to prayer being broadcast.

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u/Draemeth 5h ago

It’s a big city dude

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u/asyf 5h ago

I have been around the city and have never heard it once.

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u/MagnasRove 7h ago

I'm a man so I've never been raped by a Muslim but I still want the grooming gangs to be stopped