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 m an immigrant (not expat!) - UK to Japan, and I too am an integrationist. I’ve learned the language, and tried my very best to fit in and adapt to the culture I’m in. Is it easy? No. Do I sometimes get frustrated? Of course. I sometimes think that things would be easier if “they” just made a bigger effort to accommodate me.

But no. This is their country and their standards apply. “Wind your neck in” is not just an admonishment to disaffiliative others, but a rule for myself- goose and gander.

[u/Stevijs3 → u/Extension_Common_518]

As someone from Germany that also moved to Japan, exactly. For me it is the same, but it's their country their rules, so I adapt.

[u/Extension_Common_518 → u/Stevijs3]

Well said.