OZONE PARK, Queens (WABC) -- New York City took a big step earlier this week, clarifying that the Muslim call to prayer can be broadcast every Friday afternoon from any mosque -- no permit necessary.

One by one, silhouetted figures remove their shoes and enter a quiet room in the rear of the Victoria Islamic Center, smiling and greeting one another silently as the words of the Islamic chant called ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The chant in Arabic blasted from rooftop loudspeakers, drowning out both the growl of traffic from nearby interstates and the chatter and clinking glasses on the patio of the dive bar ...

New NYPD rules will allow mosques in New York City to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer without a permit. Under the rules change, broadcast of the adhan — as the chant is called in Arabic — will be ...