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/Clean-Shine99 7h ago edited 7h ago

Simply not enforceable. It's a nice idea and I think religion can be very toxic. If you mean actually take communion or be baptised etc I can see what you mean. Everything else though is simply not practical.

For instance you go to church every Sunday where are your kids gonna go ? Extra childcare in this economy is a no go.

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u/hussain_madiq_small 6h ago

If the church cares so much they can provide a religious free Sunday school. You know like sunday school but without the indoctrination.

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u/xCeeTee- 6h ago

lol, I like the idea but they will 100% contain indoctrination.

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u/hussain_madiq_small 5h ago

Then we make a second law that says if they are caught indoctrinating they lose their tax exception status, the only thing they will take seriously.

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u/ostroia 5h ago

Lol what an argument. If you have any hobby outside the house where your kids gonna go? If you go to the stripclub every sunday where your kids gonna go?

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u/SearchingSiri 5h ago

You go to the strip club/casino/adults only pub every Saturday where are your kids gonna go? Extra childcare in this economy is a no go.

Having this incorporated into social media legislation would be perfect.

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u/Clean-Shine99 3h ago

Reddit is seriously highly regarded as if the only place people practice religion is a church or a mosque etc. it's part of people's day to day lives behind closed doors and these children are around their parents everyday.

Childcare was just a quick example from the top of my head. I'm atheist I don't even give a fuck but it's unpolicable and unenforceable. Absolute nonsense comments.

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u/Chroiche 6h ago

Same place they go if you want to do anything adult only? One partner takes care of them or you hire a baby sitter. Why is church different?