After the pilot project in Cologne: muezzin calls also soon in the Free State? CSU politician becomes clear

In Cologne, the muezzin will soon be calling for Friday prayer, and Munich's Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter was also open to it.

But is that a possibility for all of Bavaria?

Munich - In a two-year model project, the city of Cologne allowed people to call for Friday prayer with the call of the muezzin.

Cologne's Lord Mayor Henriette Reker spoke of a “sign of respect.” Munich's Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) does not rule out that calls to prayer by the muezzin will also be permitted in the state capital in future.

Pilot project in Cologne: Call of the muezzin to Friday prayer

The city will deal with the issue as soon as the pilot project in Cologne is over, Reiter told our newspaper.

The decision of the city of Cologne was met with mixed feedback.

According to the Central Council of Muslims, the city is sending a sign of tolerance.

NRW State Secretary for Integration Serap Güler (CDU), on the other hand, does not see the muezzin call as mandatory for her personal religious freedom - according to her, the debate is not helpful for social interaction.

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Soon muezzin calls in Cologne: "In Bavaria we don't want such model tests at any rate"

The Turkish-born sociologist and journalist also criticized the Cologne project to the

: “Of all people, a woman as mayor confirms to these men that this image of society is okay - right among us.” And further: “When Allahu Akbar is called, men come together.

The men who have their wives at home. ”The criticism of the Turkish-born lawyer and mosque founder Seyran Ates goes in a similar direction.

On Twitter, she wrote that church bells could also be rung by women: "But in the mosques that are at stake, the voice of a woman will never be heard."

Parts of the CSU * also clearly reject the muezzin calls.

“At any rate, we don't want such model tests in Bavaria.

They are not part of our occidental tradition.

Calls to prayer are not needed to practice Islamic religion, ”said Vice Secretary General Florian Hahn of the

Muezzin calls soon in Bavaria too?

Interior Ministry reluctant

Bavaria's Interior Ministry reacts cautiously.

Whether muezzin calls are conceivable in Bavaria are initially "building and pollution law issues," as a spokeswoman told our newspaper.

One has to weigh up on site whether a muezzin call is “legally permissible” or whether there is noise pollution.

In Bavaria, according to

several mosques with minarets that provide discussion even without a muezzin call.

Some time ago in Deggendorf, for example, there was an argument about the height of the minaret.