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Muslim call to prayer arrives to Minneapolis soundscape

This spring Minneapolis became the first large city in the United States to allow the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, to be broadcast publicly by its two dozen mosques.

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Several neighborhood groups consulted by The Associated Press said that while no formal discussions have been held yet, they expect most residents will be accepting. "People will ask, What's that? and then say, That's cool," predicted Tabitha Montgomery, director of the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association. At two churches, founded more than a century ago by Scandinavian immigrants and now within earshot of the adhan, leaders also had no objections.