Denmark Plans to Ban the Islamic Call to Prayer — Daily Mail
The Danish government is officially reopening an investigation into the possibility of imposing a nationwide ban on the Muslim call to prayer (adhan).
Danish authorities seek to legally restrict this practice, as they view it as a manifestation of the creeping Islamization of society, which occupies too much public space.
Danish Immigration Minister Morten Bedskov expressed the Social Democratic Party government’s firm stance on the public broadcasting of religious rituals.
The official emphasized the need to preserve the traditional cultural landscape of the European country.
“The call to prayer should not be heard above the rooftops of Danish homes. There is no place for this in Denmark, and when walking through Denmark, you should have no doubt that you are in a suburb of Islamabad,” the Social Democratic Party minister told the Danish news agency Ritzau.
Traditionally, the azan is broadcast five times a day through loudspeakers mounted on minarets to call the faithful to the mosques.
Morten Bedskov’s proposal marks the third attempt by Denmark’s immigration minister to establish a legal framework to ban this practice, following similar attempts in 2020 and 2025.
Currently, strict restrictions on public religious calls to prayer are already in place in some parts of the country. For example, in Copenhagen, strict local noise regulations effectively prohibit mosques from broadcasting the azan through outdoor loudspeakers.
In addition, under an agreement with local authorities, the Grand Mosque of Copenhagen does not call for prayer on the street.
The minister stated that the investigation will examine the possibility of introducing a nationwide ban that would be consistent with Denmark’s constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion.
Any attempt to completely ban the call to prayer would most likely run into legal problems.
The Danish Constitution protects the right to public worship, although restrictions already exist on anti-democratic sermons and support for banned organizations.
This is reported by the Daily Mail.
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