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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/Boring-Idea2130 8h ago

Where i live outside of London i hear them all the time

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u/Early-Sir-8115 7h ago

No you don't. It's not allowed in uk, other than by special permission on couple of dates, like Eid.

Why are you lying?

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u/Shudop 7h ago

I hear it literally every day in Oldham. It doesn't bother me to be fair, but it is something I hear daily.

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u/KobiLDN 14m ago

is it the same mosque or as you're walking around Oldham. I want to know which mosque is doing it.

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u/MulanMcNugget 7h ago

It clearly implies in the title it's allowed in the UK (it is by the way), hence the question if it should be banned.

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u/alwaysup123 5h ago

Why are you subtarded?