Mosques across Britain could sound the call to prayer through loudspeakers after councils gave permission to alert the faithful. Allama Sadiq Qureshi, who is an imam at the Minhaj-ul-Quran mosque in Newham, East London, said: ‘We want this practice to continue in the future. ‘But at the same time, we must be bothered about our neighbours, we need their permission. If they are happy, then we are going to start it. ‘Just one symbolic adhan per day, if Newham council allow us. Just one adhan at the day time, at dhuhr [afternoon prayer], then it will be really good.’ He said the Newham Muslim Forum, a local umbrella body of mosques, is considering making the application after Ramadan. At least 25 mosques in London and dozens more across the country have joined over the past four weeks. The initiative began when Kensington and Chelsea Council in London gave permission to the borough’s biggest mosque, known as the Al-Manaar, to start broadcasting out the nightly reminder. This is the UK we’re talking about, this is Raw Political Islam.