US Republican Congressman Brandon Gill has come under fire after telling British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan to “go back to the UK" during a heated exchange over the Muslim call to prayer, known as the azaan.

The row began after Hasan, founder of the media outlet Zeteo and former Al Jazeera host, posted a video defending the broadcasting of the azaan from mosques in the US.

“I think if you can play church bells, you can play the call to prayer," Hasan said. “We are as American as anyone else and don’t take any BS from anyone."

Mehdi Hasan to American Christians: “If you can have your church bell, we can have our Islamic prayer call" pic.twitter.com/Oy1IroBqS1 — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 21, 2025

In response, Gill, a first-term Congressman from Texas, quoted Hasan’s

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