Does Minneapolis allow broadcast of calls for prayer before dawn?

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Minneapolis does allow the “adhan,” or Muslim call to prayer, to be broadcast from mosques five times a day, from pre-dawn to nighttime. 

In April 2023, the Minneapolis City Council approved changes to the city’s noise ordinance allowing amplified calls to prayer at any time of the day — making Minneapolis one of the first major U.S. cities to do so. During summer, this could mean as early as 3:30 a.m. and as late as 11 p.m. 

Previously, the pre-dawn and late nighttime prayer calls were not permitted. The amended ordinance now allows amplified sounds for religious worship at any time of the day, provided they last “no more than six minutes in any one hour and no more than sixty minutes in a 24-hour period.”

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