STOCKHOLM – A mosque in the Swedish capital was given the green light Thursday, April 11, to raise Adhan (call for prayers), to the jubilance of the Muslim community in the Scandinavian country.

"I'm happy, very happy," Ismail Okur, chairman of the Islamic Cultural Center of Botkyrka, told Sveriges Radio (SR).

Police said Thursday that Fittja mosque in the southern Stockholm suburb of Botkyrka will be allowed to raise the Adhan on Fridays.

The permission allows Muslims to raise the Adhan for three to five minutes between 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm on Fridays.

The Adhan is the call to announce that it is time for a particular obligatory Salah (ritual prayer).

The Adhan is raised five times a day.

“We thank the members of the council for the approval,” Okur said.

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