Mosques in the city of the banks of the Rhine will be allowed to call worshippers to prayer on Fridays for five minutes between midday and 3pm. Reker pointed out that Christian calls to prayer were already a central feature of a city famous for its medieval cathedral. “Whoever arrives at Cologne central station is welcomed by the cathedral and the sound of its church bells,” she said. Reker said that the call of a muezzin filling the skies alongside church bells “shows that diversity is both appreciated and enacted in Cologne”. Kremer added that “it’s wrong to equate church bells with the call to prayer.

Source: The Local October 11, 2021 08:26 UTC