Mosques across Britain could sound the call to prayer through loudspeakers after councils' consent

Mosques across the country could start sounding the daily call to prayer through loudspeakers following a series of unofficial pilot programmes. Scores of communities were allowed to use public address systems to alert the faithful during the month of Ramadan, which ended last night. Several councils gave permission for the call, known as the adhan, to be broadcast each evening to help followers keep in touch with their places of worship during the lockdown.
At least 25 mosques in London and dozens more across the country have joined over the past four weeks.
The initiative began when Kensington and Chelsea Council in London gave permission to the borough's biggest mosque, known as the Al-Manaar, to start broadcasting out the nightly reminder.
Mosque elders are now planning to apply to councils to make the adhan a permanent fixture after Ramadan.