Executive Summary:

For nearly 2.5 years, Minneapolis citizens have endured trampled Constitutional rights due to the City Council's illegal April 17, 2023, noise ordinance amendments promoting Islamic mosques' amplified call to prayer broadcasts (adhan) at all hours, including 3:30-5:00 AM and 10:30-midnight (Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, Title 15, Chapter 389 – Noise).

This grassroots effort underscores an unfair and unconstitutional amendment that violates the First Amendment's promise of freedom from religion, imposing one faith's practices on the broader public and working Americans without equal recourse. By prioritizing unrestricted adhan broadcasts while sidelining quiet for all, it erodes religious neutrality and burdens non-adherents with persistent intrusion. We urgently demand repeal of the noise ordinance, reinstating 10 p.m.–7 a.m. quiet hours for every religious organization—ensuring peace, health, and equity for neighborhoods of all beliefs (or none). Join us: If unchanged within 60 days, we'll escalate through legal challenges and widespread community action to restore true separation of church/mosque and state. Silence the favoritism—sign now for serenity! 

Public Opinion Poll:

Citizens' complaints flood in over these disruptive broadcasts violating Separation of Church/Mosque and State and Civil Rights. A June 19, 2025, poll of 1,321 diverse US respondents showed 59% agree: the Council infringed on 1st Amendment freedoms and must repeal the law!  Here are two quotes from comments from both sides of the issue: Pro-Repeal, "I'm sorry, but it shouldn't happen at all. I would be equally ticked if Christian prayer was broadcast on a loud speaker system...", and Against-Repeal, "They do that in all Arabic countries.”.

CAIR's Subversion:

Mayor Jacob Frey signed the amendment, striking quiet hours for religious sites under "Noisy Assembly," limiting noise to ≤6 min/hour and ≤60 min/24 hours. Sponsored by three Muslim council members and backed by the Council of American-Islamic Relations, CAIR—with public fanfare, including Frey signing at a mosque—CAIR boldly helped subvert the law.

Adhan's Sharia Ties: 

The call to prayer is a sharia mandate for communal prayer, not a "sacred right" unique to Islam. Unlike church bells or Jewish shofars (instruments played during daytime hours), amplified by loud speakers adhan chants lyrics with "Allah" and "Prayer is better than sleep" over sleeping neighborhoods, intimidating, indoctrinating, and disturbing the peace. Would you tolerate loudspeakers blaring prayers or songs from any religion at 3:00 AM in your own neighborhood and not get involved? Who gave the City Council, Mayor Frey, and CAIR—the right to prioritize prayer over everyone's sleep, over the entire population of Minneapolis?

Not Unique or Sacred Right:

Other faiths have calls to prayer, but sharia enforces adhan's inconvenient schedule, possibly used as a psychological operation to dominate  and intimidate via noise at odd hours (3-4 AM, 10 PM-midnight). Globally, pushback grows: Mumbai dismantled 1,500+ mosque loudspeakers in July 2025; Dresden reels from 3,000+ simultaneous adhans. Minneapolis isn't an Arab city—it's a multicultural hub where religions must respect 1st Amendment rights, Freedom from Religion, privacy, and not infringe.

Legal Pressure Mounts:

The amendment ignores the Freedom From Religion, Separation of Church/Mosque and State, and violates the Establishment Clause, failing the Lemon Test: (A) No secular purpose—purely religious; (B) Advances Islam over other religions; (C) Entangles government with CAIR-tied Muslim council members. As the first US city allowing 5x daily amplified adhan anytime, it overrides quiet-hour intent against "Noisy Assembly." Muslims aren't gathering or assembling at mosques at 3 AM or midnight—but only mosques taking advantage of the sleeping public.  The Freedom from Religion Foundation's April 18, 2023, cease-and-desist style letter to Frey cited clear violations, but was ignored. 

Economic toll:

What are the full social and economic ripples from this flawed noise ordinance? Sleep disruption hits workers, families, children, students, teachers, police, firefighters, EMTs, and even military veterans—sparking insomnia, slashed productivity, wage losses, learning setbacks, fractured focus, and mounting mental strain. A Monte Carlo simulation pegs 1,000–15,000 Minneapolis residents impacted by adhan broadcasts, totaling a staggering $53 million in lost wages and output since 2023, drawn from the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine's analysis of 25,000 adults showing $2,496 annual hits per disrupted sleeper. This isn't just noise—it's a quiet crisis eroding our city's edge.

New FTO Congressional Legislation: 

On Aug 12th, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced H.R. 3883/S. 2293 to designate CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terrorist Organizations—pioneered by ActForAmerica.org. Many nations (Egypt 2013, Saudi Arabia 2014, UAE 2014, and many other countries) already ban MB/CAIR as FTO destabilizers. Under President Trump, America fights "cultural and stealth jihad." This could unleash litigation against CAIR's Minneapolis role, with sanctions looming.

Reclaim Quiet Hours in Our Competitive Religious Landscape: 

The City Council has unwittingly sparked a competitive religious soundscape with the 2023 noise ordinance amendment, allowing mosques to broadcast the adhan freely while opening the door for all ~1,800 religious organizations in Minneapolis—including churches, synagogues, temples, and beyond—to play music, bells, chants, and calls to prayer without time of day or volume caps, under the banner of equal rights. This "level playing field" risks turning our neighborhoods into a relentless relay of rival reveries (similar to what happened in Mumbai, India). We call on churches, synagogues, temples, and all houses of worship: Sound the alarms! Forward this petition, rally your congregations, and boldly exercise your legal and equal rights by amplifying hymns, gongs, and gospel until repeal. Flood the airwaves to expose how the amendment's "equity" has bred cacophony over calm—proving the need to repeal it for common-sense quiet hours and Freedom from Religion that preserve peace for every faith and family. Equal rights shouldn't mean endless echoes; let's harmonize on silence to reinstate the 10pm - 7 am quiet hours!  True religious freedom demands "freedom from religion" too: the right to quiet amid competing broadcasts, lest every faith drown out the next in a wild scramble for airtime.

Residents living near mosques: Monitor adhan compliance (≤6 min/hour, ≤60 min/24 hrs). Report violations to the Police Department's, 311, non-emergency line. Protect peace.

Message to City Council, Mayor Frey, and State Legislators: 

This injustice needs to be addressed, take action and repeal before lawsuits and civil unrest.  Muslims can use personal alarms for silent prayer reminders or apps, a practice that aligns with the flexibility seen in many other religious traditions. What's wrong with that? That's what Muslims did before the laws were illegally changed prior to April 17 2023. End the sharia PSYOP and religious advertising by mosques disrupting 430K residents' right to sleep.  Protect the rights of all Americans and working citizens.

Sign our Petition & Awaken the Silent Majority:

A.  We, the undersigned, call on the Minneapolis City Council to repeal the April 2023 noise ordinance amendment allowing unrestricted Islamic calls to prayer. This violates the First Amendment’s Separation of Church/Mosque and State Establishment Clause (Lemon v. Kurtzman) by favoring one religion. Reinstate 10 PM-7 AM quiet hours for religious neutrality. Sign to protect rights for all.

B.  The public’s right to uninterrupted sleep (10 PM-7 AM) is a fundamental, inalienable, and civil right, under privacy laws, and should be free from religious sounds, prayers, or religious advertisements.

C.  “No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship... nor suffer, on account of his religious opinions...” – Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1777)

Hold a special session, revote, and repeal. Remedy this within days—put America first.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Concerned Citizen

"Near eighty years ago we began by declaring that all men are created equal; but now... for SOME men to enslave OTHERS is a 'sacred right.' These principles cannot stand together." 

- Abraham Lincoln, October 16, 1854, speech in Peoria, IL: claims of sacred rights cannot override fundamental equality