Muezzins

MK Yogev alleges Haredi-Arab collusion over Muezzin bill, enlistment law

Yogev: In exchange for Arab support for the enlistment law and the defeat of the amendment to the Noises [Muezzin] Law the haredim will sell [out] the Land of Israel in order to evade enlistment

JUNE 19, 2018|ByJEREMY SHARON

THE MINARET of a mosque is seen in the Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa in Jerusalem

Ramped-up muezzin bill allows police to confiscate mosques’ loudspeakers

A report by the Knesset Research and Information Center found that several European countries limit the muezzin’s call to prayer.

FEBRUARY 20, 2018|ByLAHAV HARKOV

AN EGYPTIAN flag flutters in front of the Muhammad Ali mosque in Cairo.

Not only in Israel: Now Egypt has its own 'Muezzin Bill'

The new legislation has led to widespread national anger ahead of the festival of Ramadan.

MAY 23, 2017|ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA

Palestinian workers prepare golden crescent to set it on top of a mosque's minaret in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya March 17, 2017.

Jerusalem’s ‘tallest minaret’ built in Isawiya

The minaret is an act of defiance against Israeli authorities for a bill in the Knesset

MARCH 19, 2017|ByELIYAHU KAMISHER, ADAM RASGON

Arab-Israeli MK: 'Islamophobic' Netanyahu, Trump fueling muezzin bill

Yisrael Beytenu MK Ilatov says Tibi inciting religious conflict over law.

NOVEMBER 30, 2016ByJEREMY SHARON

Hackers take over Israeli news broadcast: 'Allah is great'

The hacker appeared to be from Saudi Arabia, allegedly hacked the satellites due to the "muezzin bill," which has struck anger in many Muslim communities both inside Israel and abroad.

NOVEMBER 29, 2016ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA

Terra Incognita: Russian Israelis and the sacred cows

From the NGO funding law to the bill that would limit decibel levels for Muezzins, Russian Israelis view things differently than their native-born and Western-born countrymen.

DECEMBER 13, 2011BySETH J. FRANTZMAN