(CBC) The local Muslim community has been granted permission by the city to broadcast the nightly sunset call to prayer from the London Muslim Mosque for the remainder of Ramadan.
Muslims are unable to congregate at the mosque because of physical distancing rules that remain in effect during the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the city is granting the mosque permission to broadcast the prayer, known as the Azan, through loudspeakers as a symbolic gesture to the community.
“I think it’s important for us to share in our way that we can comfort our community,” said Ali Jomaa, chairman of the mosque.
“And our community is not only the Muslim community, but it’s the community at large.”
