Will Muezzin Call for Prayer in Cologne?

Cologne’s non affiliated mayor, Henriette Reker, made headlines across Germany in October 2021 for granting Muslim congregations permission to call for the midday Friday prayer. The initiative is currently limited to two years. This is not the first agreement of this kind:  In the Fatih Mosque in Düren, also in North Rhine-Westphalia, the muezzin has been calling to…

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Mosque Opened Doors – Only Few Came

05.10.2011 As many other Muslim communities, the Ditib Mosque in Friedlingen (Baden-Württemberg) opened its doors for visitors – Muslims and non-Muslims alike – as part of the open mosque day on October 3rd (as reported). Yet, only a few non-Muslims took the opportunity to visit the mosque and get to know the local Muslim community….

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    Construction of mosque in German city fuels objections from Catholics, right-wingers

    On Muslim holidays, hundreds of faithful hoping to pray at the city’s Ditib Mosque are forced to spread their prayer rugs in a nearby parking lot and follow the service on loudspeakers. The mosque holds only 600 people. Yet plans to replace the flat-roofed storefront mosque with a new house of worship, complete with dome…

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