We would like the city of Mississauga to know that they have our support for the decision that was made to allow for the adhan to be made, publicly once a day.
Nothing stopped tonight’s Muezzin from making a Public Call to Prayer outside the Masjid, Not even the rain . . .
Thank you @ottawacity for giving permission to call out for the prayers aka Athan outside Islamic Centers. #CD4HR manager @Islamic_HR recited the athan & prayed for all oppressed, needy, corona cases & for Canada to be a place of peace & for peace. Thank you. #cdnpoli#onlpolipic.twitter.com/FptqwlJaZv
— Canadian Defenders For Human Rights CD4HR (@cd4_hr) May 1, 2020
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Praise be to God alone,
Alhamdulillah
We would like to thank Mayor Jim Watson for his incredibly thoughtful gesture, following many other Canadian cities in allowing the athan to broadcast at Maghreb (sunset) everyday until Ramadan ends.
We would like to also remind our Masajid to take this opportunity by showing extra kindness and care to their neighbours.
19 minutes away from Maghrib and hearing the sweet sounds of Adhan which will be playing out of the speakers from the tower of the Ottawa Mosque for the first time (I think). An historic moment is upon us all very soon. I am blessed I could be here to witness it. pic.twitter.com/Uwtuub4b2d
“…We did our best but it was very little time to prepare for today, can you guess how long the wires need to be to connect the speakers on top of the minaret?!”
Allah (SWT) Rewards efforts for Good Deeds, any results are by His Will.
On the Second Friday of Ramadan 2020, Adhan Al Maghrib, Call to The Sunset Prayer, will heard from outside via Loudspeakers atop the Ottawa Muslim Association Minaret.
Now have to option to publicly broadcast Call to The Sunset Prayer, Adhan Al Maghrib, via loudspeakers, nightly for the duration of Ramadan 2020.
2/2 This will take place every evening from now until the end of Ramadan, on May 23. Thank you @JLeiper for your efforts on this. I hope this will help our Muslims friends in their observance of this sacred month of devotion and spiritual reflection. Ramadan Mubarak!
I want to thank our Mayor @JimWatsonOttawa for granting a Noise Bylaw exemption for Ottawa Mosques. Listening to the Athaan (Call to Prayer) in Ramadan in Ottawa has been a lifelong dream. Thank you!
For the holy month of Ramadan, a new noise exemption has been granted to allow mosques to broadcast a 5-minute call to prayer at sundown each day until May 23, as gatherings of more than 5 are prohibited. Thanks for #PhysicalDistancing. #RamadanMubarakhttps://t.co/czHKH1pvex
A new noise exemption is being granted today to allow mosques to broadcast a 5-minute call to prayer at sundown each day until May 23, in recognition of the holy month of Ramadan.
This noise exemption has been permitted in recognition of Ramadan and in light of the Provincial Order prohibiting the gathering of more than five people.
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Alhamdulillah, City council approved a motion from Coun. Jason Farr Wednesday to allow “symbolic” twice-daily broadcasts of the call to prayer, or adhaan — once at noon and again a half-hour before sunset — until the close of Ramadan May 24.
Hamilton City Council granted temporary permission to Downtown Hamilton Mosque and Hamilton Mountain Mosque to broadcast Adhan Al Dhuhr, Call to The Mid-Day Prayer, and Adhan Al Maghrib, Call to The Sunset Prayer.
Today in a history of Hamilton, the first call of prayers broadcasted outside the mosque. Thanks God and God bless our city and their leaders, Ameen. pic.twitter.com/W1JI783sJp
This first week of Ramadan 2020 has seen City Councils in Southern Ontario, as well as Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, grant temporary permission for broadcasting Public Adhans, Call to The Sunset Prayer.
The City of Hamilton Ontario lead the way in allowing not one, but Twice Day Public Adhans.
In Cities around the World, it is normal to hear The Call to Prayers echo in the urban soundscape for a few moments, five times a day.
Twenty or so years ago, I remember watching Jeanne Moos live on a sidewalk in New York reporting on CNN, and suddenly in the background The Call to Prayer began echoing within the caverns of Manhattan behind her.
In our Canadian Context, maybe two is the right number for now, Mid-Day around noon, then again at Sunset.
"The 'No city wants to be first problem.'
No city wants to be first, every city wants to be second.
They want someone else to take the risk and if it demonstrates itself, everyone will line up to do it afterwards."
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Omar Bin Khattab Mosque – Toronto Downtown Muslim Community, is at least the third Masjid in Toronto and perhaps the first in Downtown, to publicly broadcast The Call to Sunset Prayer, Adhan Al Maghrib, via loudspeaker.
Like every place of worship in Toronto, it’s doors closed due to the Pandemic Lockdown.
Unlike the Islamic Centre of Canada in Mississauga with its industrial park neighbours, Regent Park, the neighbourhood around this Downtown Toronto masjid, has thousands of Muslims living within earshot.
Earlier, I had asked City Councillor Paul Ainslie, who represents Ward 24 in East Scarborough, a question . . .
Councillor,
Please Clarify, :
Is this permission for all wards City of Toronto wide ?
Or only in your Ward 24 ?
Any Masjids in your ward broadcasting yet ?
— HïMY SYeD 🕌 30 Masjids in 30 Days of Ramadan 2020 (@30masjids) April 28, 2020
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We are very proud of our Mayor @BonnieCrombie & her team at City Council for making this decision in this difficult pandemic time. Receiving this support, to publicly broadcast the call to prayer, will go a long way in alleviating feelings of anxiety in our community this Ramadan pic.twitter.com/FUPqK1BhRz
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Les mosquées de Toronto et son agglomération autorisées à émettre l'adhan quotidiennement pendant le mois de #Ramadan à l'heure du Maghrib (#Iftar ) Ici la mosquée de Mississauga. #canadapic.twitter.com/1j9ZO7qgKy
On behalf of Mayor Crombie and City Council, and in the spirit of Ramadan, we are happy to announce that this morning Council unanimously voted to approve the external broadcast the Adhan or call to prayer during the month of Ramadan by mosques in the City of Mississauga.
Council supports the symbolic broadcasting of the Adhan for the duration of Ramadan at the time of sunset, as it will provide inspiration and comfort to our Canadian-Muslim residents of Mississauga.
City Council has agreed to suspend the noise by-law during the full period of Ramadan up to May 24, 2020.
Please note that the call to prayer can be broadcasted once daily for 5 minutes maximum.
You may begin your broadcast this evening on Wednesday, April 29, 2020.
We strongly encourage you to continue practicing and enforcing physical distancing measures.
If these measures are contravened, our officers will enforce.
Below is the approved resolution, effective immediately:
“That the enforcement of the Noise Control By-law 360-79, as amended, be suspended for the broadcasting of the evening call to prayer from local mosques and other non-residential buildings regularly used for worship, for the period of Ramadan in the year 2020 (up to May 24, 2020), provided the ‘call’ is broadcast only once per day for a maximum of 5 minutes and that it is not a call for people to physically gather in contravention of O.Reg. 52/20.”
We wish you a continued safe and healthy Ramadan Mubarak.
Dear Subscriber, we are very happy to announce that the City of Mississauga has passed a motion permitting the calling of the Adhaan over the loudspeakers starting from today, please see announcement below.
In sha Allah we will be playing the Adhaan live over our external loudspeakers for Salaat al-Maghrib.
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This first full week of Fasting in Ramadan 2020 is still in progress,
And we now have f i v e eightcities in Canada, so far, allowing Public Adhans from Local Masjid Loudspeakers, at Sunset time.
This 20 minute debate by Mississauga City Council is instructive for anyone in other Canadian Cities or Mayors and Councillors on other City Councils considering Public Adhans during Ramadan 2020.
The Mayor, Council, and City Staff discussed pretty much every concern the wider community may have including numerous edge cases and the matter of urgency as Week 2 of Ramadan 2020 is set to begin.
The merits of temporarily suspending the existing Noise Control By-Law rather than trying to amend the By-Law in the same Council Meeting was explored.
A possibility of allowing Public Adhans by edict of The Mayor under the COVID-19 Pandemic State of Emergency was a no-go for Mississauga due to a technicality.
But every City’s Emergency Plan is different, so that option may fly elsewhere. Your mileage will vary.
Today marks the 6th fully virtual @citymississauga City Council meeting we’ve hosted during the #COVID19 crisis. Thanks to the investments made by our IT staff, we have made the transition seamlessly. Thanks to Council and staff for making these meetings work well. pic.twitter.com/fuNVdAWrel
“Council passed a resolution that the enforcement of the Noise Control By-law be suspended to allow for the broadcasting of the evening call to prayer from local mosques and other non-residential buildings regularly used for worship.
This resolution is for the period of Ramadan, up to May 24, 2020, provided the ‘call’ is broadcast only once per day in the evening for a maximum of five minutes and that it is not a call for people to physically gather in contravention of Emergency Orders and physical distancing guidelines.”
Media Contact:
Catherine Monast
Senior Advisor Media and Public Information
City of Mississauga
905-615-3200, ext. 5046
Unanimous Vote by Mississauga City Council authorizes Public Adhan Al Maghrib / Call to Sunset Prayer during Ramadan 2020
The ‘call’ is broadcast that can be heard once per day for a maximum of 5 minutes.
This is not a call for people to physically gather in contravention of the provincial guidelines on gatherings.
People need comfort and familiarity during this difficult time.
As long as it is not disruptive and follows the guidelines, the call to prayer can provide this to many living in our City.”
#Mississauga Council passed a motion to allow the broadcasting of the evening call to prayer from mosques and other non-residential buildings regularly used for worship during the month of #Ramadan2020 this year (up to May 24, 2020). #brampoli#misspolihttps://t.co/ofWUmxIB1J
“Muslim Community Thanks Mississauga Mayor and Council For Unanimous Vote On Broadcasting Call to Prayer this Ramadan
April 29, 2020-Mississauga
The Muslim Council of Peel brought forward a formal request asking for the call to prayer to be externally broadcast while mosques and Islamic centres remain closed to congregations under the COVID-19 crisis in Ramadan.
Mississauga is home to the largest Muslim community in the region.
Social distancing has made this Ramadan very difficult for those who look forward to the heightened sense of community inclusion during this month of worship.
The request was tabled today and passed unanimously at a virtual council meeting.
Mayor Bonnie Crombie stated on behalf of City Council,
”Council supports the symbolic broadcasting of the Adhan for the duration of Ramadan at the time of sunset, as it will provide inspiration and comfort to our Canadian-Muslim residents of Mississauga.”
City Council has agreed to suspend the noise by-law during the full period of Ramadan up to May 24, 2020.
The call to prayer can be broadcasted once daily for 5 minutes maximum beginning this evening.
The Muslim Council of Peel thanks Mayor Crombie and all Councillors for their leadership and support.
“The decision gives the community great solace during Ramadan when we would be assembling at the mosque every evening breaking fast in Ramadan, our holiest of months,” states Rabia Khedr, Executive Director while reminding places of worship to continue practicing and enforcing physical distancing measures.”
Contact:
Rabia Khedr, MA
Executive Director
647-760-9541
The Muslim Council of Peel led the request to broadcast the call for prayers at local mosques and thanks Mayor @BonnieCrombie and City of Mississauga Councillors for the support they have shown. https://t.co/WuX1Ai2mIB
We would like the city of Mississauga to know that they have our support for the decision that was made to allow for the adhan to be made, publicly once a day.
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Alhamdulillah, City council approved a motion from Coun. Jason Farr Wednesday to allow “symbolic” twice-daily broadcasts of the call to prayer, or adhaan — once at noon and again a half-hour before sunset — until the close of Ramadan May 24.
While other City Councils in Ontario have approved a single daily Call to Prayer at Sunset, Hamilton’s City Council has given permission for two Public Adhans per day.
Hamilton’s Downtown Mosque and Hamilton Mountain Mosque now have permission to broadcast Public Adhans around Noon or Dhuhr Prayer Time, and again at Sunset or Maghrib Sunset Time via loudspeakers for the duration of Ramadan 2020.
Two Adhans are better than one.
One Adhan is better than zero.
Adhans will allow you hear the Masjids, yet with the Pandemic Lockdown in place, you cannot see inside the Masjids.
Council approves a noise exception permit to the Hamilton Downtown Mosque to issue a call to prayer 2x a day during Ramadan (until May 23). (It’s symbolic give COVID-19 restrictions.) Clark says it’s a good idea to educate people about it so they know what it is & don’t complain
For anyone who hasn’t experienced this before, you’re in for a treat. The sound of the call to prayer is beautiful. Something I’ve always enjoyed when travelling in other countries. Now we can enjoy it here in Hamilton #RamadanMubarak#HamOnthttps://t.co/TlOgQpAVXc
I am hoping that the Muslim Associations, elders in the Mosques or their Imams will write columns explaining the origin and meaning of the call to prayers as misinformation can lead to misguided xenophobic public commentary. Blessings to my Muslim residents during Ramadan. https://t.co/qwOxlrlEBt
— Brad Clark (Hamilton Councillor) (@BCouncillor) April 30, 2020
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