Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith doubled down on his call to ban the Muslim call to prayer from being blasted out over loudspeakers five times a day, refusing to buckle to critics spewing outrage.
The Hoosier State Republican made his controversial comments during an appearance on the “Conservative Review” podcast last month, where he and host Daniel Horowitz discussed Islam, which they agreed was a “dangerous” ideology when the topic turned to the blaring of the Adhan, which reminds believers that it’s time to hit their knees to worship Allah.
Beckwith told the host that “we should ban the call to prayer, public calls to prayer.”
Indiana’s Christian nationalist Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith says that Muslims have no right to exercise their faith in the public square because “the heritage of America is a Christian heritage and so that’s why Christianity takes precedent over all other faiths.”… pic.twitter.com/4i3HIbNvZ8
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) July 7, 2026
“If you’re a mosque and you want to have a loudspeaker and you want to start pumping these out five times a day locally, the state can say, ‘You’re not going to do that,'” the lieutenant governor said. “We’re not allowing that. We’re not going to let you put these words of death and destruction throughout the city streets in any of our cities.”
“The Constitution guarantees religious liberty for every American, not government preference for one faith over another,” the statement reads. “Public officials should be defending the constitutional rights of all Americans — not promoting religious hierarchy or vilifying minority faith communities,” the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a statement, one of the advocacy groups that denounced the remarks.
But despite the uproar, Beckwith is sticking by his guns
I’ve received multiple media requests today asking for comment on my recent call to ban mosques in America from blaring the Muslim call to prayer through loudspeakers 5 times a day across our cities.
Just to save time, here’s my official response:
Yes, I 100% want to ban…
— Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith (@LGMicahBeckwith) July 10, 2026
“I’ve received multiple media requests today asking for comment on my recent call to ban mosques in America from blaring the Muslim call to prayer through loudspeakers 5 times a day across our cities,” he said in a Friday post to X.
“Just to save time, here’s my official response: Yes, I 100% want to ban mosques in America from blaring the Muslim call to prayer through loudspeakers 5 times a day across our cities. Hope this clarifies everything and have a great weekend!” Beckwith added.
X users reacted to his refusal to bow to the outrage mob with positive feedback.
Patriot. https://t.co/kmfnW7fnOJ
— Clay Fuller (@Clay4MainStreet) July 11, 2026
Americans don’t want to hear it either.
Continue with the ban. https://t.co/2qjgptuAiJ
— Sarah Sizzle (@sizzle_sarah) July 11, 2026
Do Muslims not know how to operate an alarm clock? We shouldn’t be forced to have to listen to noise pollution because Muslims need to know when to pray. They also can pray in their mosque and not block our roads. That should be banned as well. They can’t even tolerate church 🔔.
— Dana (@sparkey909w) July 11, 2026
I want that too! I bet everyone putting up with it, within earshot of those loudspeakers, wants it.
The only people who want it, are the radical Muslims doing it as invaders to take over, or stupid white liberals who don’t even live in the areas affected.
— MAGAman (@hydrogentechguy) July 11, 2026
How ’bout we shorten that to just ban mosques in America? Islam isn’t a religion after all and mosques are just forward operating bases for the ideology of conquest and governance.
— The Southern Belle Patriot (@DanielleA34203) July 10, 2026
The Muslim call to prayer is about compliance, it’s about surrender, it’s about conquering a nation
— Nick (@Nick56583068) July 12, 2026
Enforce nuisance laws. We can’t blare a bullhorn at 5am (or any time), so neither should the call to prayer be blasted throughout the day. If you don’t enforce it the problem will steadily get worse.
— TwittsEnd ™ (@twittsend) July 11, 2026
Why don’t they use an app instead of blaring their words of intimidation throughtout neighborhoods where many do not need to hear it. Maybe an app is too 21st century for them.
— DToecutter (@DToecutter) July 11, 2026
Yes! They all have phones, set a personal alarm, or get an app
No reason to blast it out across a neighborhood, they just want attention
It’s ridiculous— ReadstoEscape🇺🇸 (@readstoescape) July 11, 2026
Beckwith previously triggered critics by confessing that he hates Islam, branding it as a “demonic death cult” and urging Muslims to convert to Christianity.
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