At the governor of Erbil's request, Nashville permits the call to prayer to be broadcast via loudspeakers

The Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, John Cooper, agreed to allow the call to prayer to be broadcast over the loudspeakers of the city’s mosques, at the request of the Governor of Erbil, Omed Khoshnaw.

During a meeting with the delegation of Erbil Governorate on Friday, September 8, 2023, attended by the mayor of Nashville and other city officials, the "Little Kurdistan" Kurdish community in the city requested that the call to prayer be audible from the mosques' loudspeakers. The request was submitted by the governor of Erbil, Omed Khoshnaw, to the mayor of Nashville, who granted it.

One of the seven mosques in Nashville is run by the Kurds, who make up a significant portion of the city's residents. Following approval of the governor of Erbil's request, Muslims in Nashville held Friday prayers in the Salahaddin cultural and religious Center, with the governor of Erbil in attendance.

The call to prayer was once permitted inside mosques in Nashville.

Erbil is the only city in the Middle East and North Africa to be twinned with Nashville among the 10 cities.