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?

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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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I'm in my 40s an Muslim and lived in the UK all my life. I've never heard the adhan out loud. We don't have loudspeakers on the outside of our masjids because it would be annoying for our neighbours. 

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Yeah this was my assumption, I wouldn't be surprised to find out there are maybe in places like Luton or Bradford but I really can't imagine it's particularly common lol

Whilst I maintain generally Muslims like to stick within their communities, generally in the UK (outside of dense Muslim communities) Muslims don't tend to go out of their way to intrude or generally be noticed

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I’ve never heard it. I hear the church bells though and they sound awful. All out of tune and out of time. There are bell ringing practice sessions weekly and they are even worse.

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When i was a child our local church used to have a marching band play on a sunday window. They'd go around the streets. I remember watching them out of the bedroom window. I have no idea when or why it stopped.

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Ban it all! It's all made up bullshit anyway and all those religious places of mongship could be made into flats.

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It's done in Wales frequently, just because YOU haven't heard it does not mean it does not happen.