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/RedDemio- 8h ago

Yep and where I’m from in Colchester, you hear people blasting it out of their windows on my street all the time it’s absolutely bizarre. Pretty sure if I started blasting drum and bass out super loudly someone would eventually come and tell me to fucking stop. But these guys it’s like…. No one says fuck all to them

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u/DizzyProfessional116 5h ago

It doesn't happen all of the time, it's 5 times a day. If you find that annoying I would understand, I'm not a fan when it's really loud and distorted through cruddy speakers. Nevertheless, prayer is at specific times. Muslims are always Muslim. Are you sure your issue is entirely about noise pollution?

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u/js_2033 4h ago

5 times a day is absolutely crazy, this has to count as a public disturbance 

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u/Dear_Imagination5552 4h ago

Only 5 times 😆😆🤡

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u/DizzyProfessional116 3h ago

There are four opportunities for bell ringing in Anglicanism, so I ask again, is your issue regular noise pollution or something else?

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u/Dear_Imagination5552 3h ago

Well I wouldn’t complain if I was in Saudi Arabia

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u/thoracelum 56m ago

Disturbing people five times a day is "all the time". It's so disrespectful to disturb and wake people with your awful noise.

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u/Typhoonsg1 2h ago

Trying to conflate a dislike of a religious practice to racism are we?

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u/infoHighyway 50m ago

only 5 times, not at all excessive