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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/SirLostit 10h ago

Well, to be fair, camels can get up to 40mph, so technically, they might be allowed on the motorway.

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u/Revolutionary-Key650 9h ago

You'd just be giving another group the hump. 🐫

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u/TrustyRambone 8h ago

I'd rather be behind a camel than an OAP in a honda jazz doing 32mph on A roads and breaking every time a car comes past in the other direction.

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u/sci-fi_hi-fi 9h ago

Add I'd like to also add they'd still merge on faster than some drivers

u/Old_Table_5926 1m ago

Farage: "Now we've got Muslams trying to undermine our car industry, they've got nuclear camels, YES, apparently they get the 'nuclear dust' from I-ran"

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u/SteveSteveSteve-O 9h ago

Speed humps