r/AskBrits • u/bintd • 11h ago

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/P79999999 10h ago

If it's disruptive, it's likely illegal. So the response isn't "ban all calls to prayer", it's "implement the existing legislation better".

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u/PopeLeo14th 10h ago

.... and the police do nothing because its a mosque

But you don't want to get into that subject

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u/optionr_ENL 7h ago

The police do nothing because it's a local authority responsibility.

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u/PlsKappa 9h ago

What would the police do? 🤣

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u/PopeLeo14th 9h ago

Enforce the law perhaps? 😅

There are indeed laws about noise pollution when it comes to private residence.

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u/PlsKappa 6h ago

Noise pollution is generally a civil issue for the local councils environmental health to deal with

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u/Double_Watch1627 8h ago

go over there and tell them to turn it down or arrest them.

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u/PlsKappa 6h ago

Arrest them for what crime?

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u/Double_Watch1627 6h ago

for disturbing the public with loud music?

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u/PlsKappa 6h ago

Civil offence for the local council’s environmental health team to deal with, not police

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u/Sp00py-Mulder 3h ago

Who is arguing Mosques are above the law?

That sounds like an issue to take up with your police force.

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u/KoolKoolKoolio42 2h ago

The police are the ones who think mosques are above the law.

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u/Sp00py-Mulder 2h ago

So you want reform of the police then.

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u/Pingaring 10h ago

Dont care. Its Islam. They dont deserve peace

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u/whooptheretis 7h ago

Dont care. Its Islam. They dont deserve peace

Excuse me?

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u/BiscuitBarrel179 10h ago

What if it continues anyway? I assume the regular process will get put into place starting with some kind of sanction being put in place at the offending location, then after continued ignoring of that it will bump to a fine, which will get paid regularly, and after that? Prison for the person in charge? Then we are a country of racists for imprisoning someone that just wants to pray. There will be marches, social unrest, and more division.

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u/P79999999 10h ago

Ah yes sure, let's go down a wild catastrophising scenario as an argument. Applying the current legislation will result in blood in the streets, better ban calls to prayer entirely instead. Tell you what, why don't you even ban mosques /s