US: Muslim call to prayer broadcast publicly in Minneapolis in ‘historic’ first
Published date: 26 April 2020 10:02 BST
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Last update: 4 years 7 months ago
The Muslim call to prayer, the Athan, is now being publicly broadcast in the US city of Minneapolis for the first time.
It will be broadcast five times a day during the month of Ramadan to provide the city’s Muslim minority a sense of normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It will be broadcast five times a day during the month of Ramadan to provide the city’s Muslim minority a sense of normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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