Wonderful story.
“Muslims in the Norwegian capital Oslo have for the first time been granted the right to broadcast calls to prayer, a daily tradition in much of the Islamic world.
Six months ago the World Islamic Mission applied to the city’s authorities to allow a mosque in the old town - Gamle Oslo - to call the faithful to prayer through loudspeakers.
Now the permission has been granted, on the condition that the calls - or azzan - are no louder than 60 decibels, roughly the level of normal conversation.
And at the same time the Norwegian Heathen Society - which claims there is no God - was also granted the right to broadcast its calls from a rooftop once a week, including the call: “God does not exist.”
[ Incidental fact: 36,000 of Oslo's 500,000 population are Muslims. ]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_695000/695725.stm
[ Update: Not allowing themselves to be left behind, Oslo's Christians also have gotten in on the act. "Christians join "call to prayer" craze" - "For the first time ever in the city's history, a Christian call to prayer will ring out over Oslo's rooftops. Permission for a "Hallelujah" cry was granted to Christians following successful requests by Muslims and Atheists." ]
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