Masjid-e-Salaam, Preston A Preston mosque will be allowed to broadcast the traditional Muslim call to prayer to mark the start of Islam’s two most importa
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The Watling Street Road facility will issue three calls on each of the occasions – two of which will be between 8am and 10am, but with the first sometimes coming before 6am. The broadcasts last between four and five minutes.It comes after the authority invited all of Preston’s mosques to apply for permission for the twice-yearly exemption from the current planning conditions banning amplified calls to prayer.
According to a report presented to the committee, there will be five occasions over the next 20 years when the first call for the festivals will be broadcast prior to 6am – the earliest being 4.42am, on 6th June next year. There will be another 11 times on which it will be issued between 6am and 7am.
However, committee member Cllr Daniel Guise questioned “the point” of the practice if it really were to remain restricted in that way.
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