Hamtramck Call to Prayer Controversy

Source: The Detroit News http://www.detnews.com/2005/religion/0502/27/B01-98280.htm On February 23, 2005 The Detroit News reported, "nearly a year after the call-to-prayer controversy thrust Hamtramck into the center of a national debate, some non-Muslim...

Source: AP http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=11&u=/ap… On July 21, 2004 the Associated Press reported that in Hamtramck Michigan, "residents of this once-predominantly Polish city on...

Source: Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/news/locway/ham21_20040721.htm On July 21, 2004 Detroit Free Press reported, "Campaign banners fluttered in four languages and neighbors from an array of ethnic backgrounds took to the streets and gathered...

Source: Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/news/locway/call9_20040709.htm On July 9, 2004 Detroit Free Press reported, "Dozens of people came together Thursday evening at the Al-Islah Islamic Center in Hamtramck to talk about what they have in common...

Source: The Detroit News http://www.detnews.com/2004/metro/0405/20/d01-158815.htm On June 9, 2004 The Detroit News published an editorial on the controversy over the call to prayer in Michigan: "The din surrounding the Hamtramck mosque keeps getting...

Source: The Associated Press http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=12&u=/ap… On May 27, 2004 The Associated Press reported, " A noise-ordinance change that would allow mosques to...

Source: Detroit News http://www.detnews.com/2004/religion/0405/23/b03-160686.htm On May 23, 2004 Detroit News reported, "A controversial noise ordinance allowing a mosque to broadcast daily Islamic calls to prayer over loud speakers is set to go into...

Source: The International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/518546.html On May 9, 2004 The International Herald Tribune reported, "For the population of Hamtramck, a city of 23,000 near Detroit, the battle of the loudspeaker, which the City...

Source: The Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/news/locway/call8_20040508.htm On May 8, 2004 The Detroit Free Press reported, "A petition drive began Friday to stop a new law that will allow mosques in Hamtramck to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer...

Source: Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/la-na-mosque6may06,1,4762580.s… On May 6, 2004 the Los Angeles Times reported on the continuing controversy over the call to prayer in Hamtramck, "The City Council...