Channel 4 is to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer during Ramadan this year, it revealed yesterday. It is believed to be the first time a mainstream British television channel has broadcast the Islamic call to prayer. Starting next week, the broadcaster will transmit the morning call to prayer daily for the 30 days of Ramadan. Morning call: Channel 4 will broadcast the first call to prayer for the 30 days of Ramadan. There are five calls to prayer each day Channel 4’s head of factual programming Ralph Lee said the channel would act as a ‘nationwide tannoy system’ for Britain’s 2.8million Muslims while they observed Ramadan.
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Call to prayer usually delivered from a mosque and relayed by loudspeaker
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Five calls a day but Channel 4 will only broadcast the morning call for the 30 days of Ramadan
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Broadcaster had been criticised in the past for giving airtime to extreme Islamist views
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