<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Germany's largest mosque will for the first time broadcast the call to prayer on Friday after city authorities in Cologne gave the go-ahead for a pilot project, under strict limits.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cologne's Central Mosque, an imposing building in the western city's Ehrenfeld district, will be allowed to send out a single call to prayer over loudspeakers for up to five minutes on Fridays, between noon and 3:00 pm. The volume must not exceed 60 decibels.</div><div><br></div><div>The agreement, part of a two-year pilot project, was to be formally be signed by Cologne officials on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Mosques in several cities in Germany have long been authorised to broadcast the call to prayer, but Cologne city only approved it from last October.</div><div><br></div><div>In majority-Muslim countries, the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer five times a day.</div><div><br></div><div>Cologne mayor Henriette Reker said allowing the call to prayer was "a sign of respect" for the city's many Muslims. Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>