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Will Denmark Really Ban The Islamic Call To Prayer?

Via Remix News,

Denmark’s government, led by the center-left Social Democrats, has once again announced plans to pursue a nationwide ban on the public broadcast of the Islamic call to prayer via loudspeakers. This now amounts to the third time the center-left government is trying to ban the call to prayer.

Immigration and Integration Minister Morten Bødskov stated that the government is investigating a legal framework to prohibit amplified calls to prayer from mosques.

“The call to prayer should not ring out above the Danish rooftops. It has no place in Denmark; one should not wonder if one is in a suburb of Islamabad when walking around the country,” he told the press.

However, this is the third attempt by the ruling party, with previous efforts in 2020 and 2025 failing to pass. Will the third time be a charm?

One of the major hurdles is that Danish law protects religious freedom, and any blanket national ban on amplified calls to prayer has raised concerns about violating the rights of Muslims. The government needed to investigate whether such a prohibition could withstand legal scrutiny when balanced against residents’ rights to a quiet environment. Past efforts stalled during this review process without advancing to enforceable legislation.

Furthermore, many areas of the country have already banned the call to prayer, such as the biggest city, Copenhagen. These areas have achieved this through existing local noise bylaws or municipal regulations, reducing the urgency for a sweeping national law. This has historically made a new nationwide framework harder to justify or pass.

One attempt to ban the call to prayer was also reportedly interrupted by parliamentary elections, which led to a shift in government priorities at the time.

Denmark is arguably the Scandinavian nation most hostile to mass immigration, with the left-wing parties there considered to have right-wing policies on the issue. However, parties to the right, which call for remigration and even stricter action, argue that legal migration, including from Third World and Muslim countries, has been steadily increasing under the left-wing Social Democrat government.

The current immigration minister, Bødskov, is actually considered “softer” on immigration than his predecessors, such as Rasmus Stoklund and Kaare Dybvad Bek, who were known for their harsher rhetoric against mass immigration. His tough public statements are often viewed as necessary political positioning to align with the party’s established tough stance towards immigration under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, rather than his personal views on the subject.

Nevertheless, it remains unclear how far Bødskov is willing to go or if this announcement is more political posturing. The Danish government is reviewing legality, including compatibility with religious freedom protections in the constitution. The current effort would move beyond local noise regulations to a national prohibition, but no final bill has been introduced yet, and implementation details, such as the exact scope and potential penalties, are still at the discussion phase.

While this renewed push builds on Denmark’s stricter immigration and integration policies, including a recent ban on Islamic full-face veils like the niqab and burqa, it remains to be seen if the government can pull this new proposal off.

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Tyler Durden
Wed, 07/01/2026 – 02:00

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BT Group spent more than 18 months looking for a buyer for its international business. Nobody bit. So BT did something different: It gave half of its international business to Verizon and kept the other half.BT and Verizon announced on June 29 that they signed an agreement to combine their respective international enterprise operations into a new, jointly owned company. The deal comes with a price tag attached.The terms of the Verizon and BT joint ventureThe new venture is split 50:50 between BT and Verizon, with both companies holding equal voting rights. Verizon is paying BT a $625 million equalization payment to balance the relative value of what each company is contributing, according to Verizon’s official announcement.The combined entity brings together BT International with Verizon’s international enterprise wireline business. Related: Verizon CEO sends shocking message to employeesTogether, the two units are expected to serve more than 3,000 customers across over 180 countries, generating approximately $4 billion in combined annual revenue, Seeking Alpha reported. The new company will be incorporated in Jersey but headquartered and tax resident in the UK.The transaction is expected to close in 2027, pending regulatory clearance and consultation with employee representatives in countries where that is required. Until then, BT International and Verizon’s international operations keep running independently.Why BT chose a joint venture over a saleBT spent more than a year shopping its international unit and could not find a buyer at the price it wanted. A joint venture solves that problem. BT keeps half the business and half the upside, rather than selling at a discount or holding onto a unit that no longer fits its strategy.BT CEO Allison Kirkby has spent her tenure narrowing the company’s focus back toward the UK market, where BT generates most of its profit. She is running a cost-cutting program targeting £3.7 billion in savings by 2030, and BT’s total headcount is expected to fall to between 75,000 and 80,000 employees by the end of the decade.”Today’s announcement marks a major milestone for BT International, and an important step forward for BT as a whole, as we deliver on our UK-focused strategy,” Kirkby said.The joint venture lets BT redirect capital toward its UK fiber and 5G buildout while still owning half of a business serving thousands of multinational clients.

The combined entity brings together BT International with Verizon’s international enterprise wireline business.Zamek/Getty Images

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