Copenhagen, June 26 -- Denmark's government is considering a nationwide ban on the public broadcast of the Islamic call to prayer, or Azaan, and has launched a legal review to determine whether such a measure would comply with the country's constitution.

Immigration Minister Morten Bodskov said the government would examine whether a nationwide prohibition could be introduced without breaching constitutional protections for religious freedom.

"The call to prayer should not be heard over Danish rooftops," Bodskov told Danish news agency Ritzau on Thursday, June 25.

"It has no place in Denmark, and you shouldn't be in any doubt whether you've ended up in a suburb of Islamabad when you walk around Denmark," he said.

The minister also clai...