Debate about muezzin reputation continues: “It just doesn’t go well with Cologne” (Video)

In Cologne mosques will in future be able to call their believers to prayer as part of a model project. If a mosque community wishes to make use of this, it must apply to the city to do so. In addition, certain requirements must be met. The announcement of the model project has led to a controversial discussion nationwide. The chairman of the Central Council of Muslims, Aiman ​​Mazyek, sees it as a sign of respect: “I think it’s a sign of diversity, also a sign of tolerance that is being expressed here. At the same time, it is making it clear that also in many other western metropolises meanwhile the call to prayer can be heard, just as church bells are a matter of course in many parts of the Muslim world. In the cathedral city itself, opinions differed widely on Friday. O-TON BERNHARD SPIEGELHALTER: “If it is not bedtime now. The discussion about church bells is well known, but otherwise I think that if there are a lot of Muslim people here, I think that’s okay.” O-TON MARGRID ENGEL: “Personally, I don’t think it’s good. It just doesn’t go with Cologne. That’s my opinion.” There are more than 30 mosque communities in Cologne. According to local media reports, none of them had applied to participate in the model project by Thursday evening. But what is not yet there may still come soon. Because that’s what the model project is for.