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Muezzin Bill
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January 1, 2019, 10:48 pm
New Jerusalem mayor said pushing plan to quieten mosque loudspeakers
TV report says Moshe Lion’s initiative includes swapping out old speakers for more muted ones, allowing police to turn down volume of call to prayer
By
ToI Staff
March 14, 2018, 11:58 am
Likud punishes MK who refused to vote for Haredi draft bill
MK Yoav Kisch, a former fighter pilot, to lose Internal Affairs Committee chairmanship for failing to back measure exempting yeshiva students from IDF service
By
ToI Staff
February 20, 2018, 11:23 am
Bill will empower police to seize mosque loudspeakers – report
Ministers said to propose tightening controversial legislation limiting mosque noise by allowing confiscation of equipment, bigger fines
By
Sue Surkes
January 24, 2018, 9:54 am
Knesset to advance bid to muffle Muslim call to prayer
Committee will prepare two versions of controversial ‘muezzin bill,’ which has provoked indignation among Arabs
By
Michael Bachner
May 8, 2017, 9:28 pm
Erdogan lashes ‘racist’ Israel, calls for Muslims to flood Temple Mount
Turkish president warns against moving US embassy to Jerusalem; slams mosque-muffling bill; Israel rejects his ‘baseless slander’
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ToI Staff
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AFP
April 1, 2017, 1:39 pm
In Jaffa, ‘A Muezzin is Born’ to protest Israeli bill
30 young men compete to be the next great Muslim prayer caller, in response to proposed mosque-muffling legislation
By
ToI Staff
March 11, 2017, 8:47 pm
Thousands of Arab Israelis protest mosque loudspeaker bills
Demonstrators say proposal to muffle muezzins is a provocation to all Muslims
By
AFP
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ToI Staff
March 10, 2017, 8:01 pm
Hamas condemns mosque loudspeakers bill, warns of Arab backlash
Top Gaza official says controversial legislation to muffle muezzins ‘will not go over’ in Muslim world
By
AFP
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ToI Staff
March 9, 2017, 4:24 pm
The rabbi gets a rapping
Everyone and their sister hits back at remarks from a pre-army religious school head disparaging female soldiers
By
Joshua Davidovich
March 9, 2017, 2:59 am
Jordan says ‘Muezzin Bill’ is discriminatory, violates peace treaty
Minister warns Israel legislation would breach human rights conventions, infringe upon Jordan’s authority over holy sites in East Jerusalem
By
ToI Staff
March 8, 2017, 3:49 pm
‘Muezzin Bill’ passes first hurdle in stormy Knesset session
At charged first reading of proposal to muffle mosque loudspeakers, Arab MKs condemn measure as a ‘racist law’ and ‘declaration of war on Islam’
By
Raoul Wootliff
and
Alexander Fulbright
March 8, 2017, 2:00 pm
Liberman urges US exit from UN agencies during DC visit
Key witness in PM gifts probe said to ‘dramatically’ change police testimony; fresh bomb threats emailed to JCCs; minister blames Bedouin victim for getting killed by police
By
Tamar Pileggi
February 20, 2017, 1:12 pm
Alden Solovy
Call to prayer
He holds his irritation with the loud Muslim early adhan at bay by casting it as ingenious protest or his own spiritual alarm clock
February 13, 2017, 7:04 pm
Expanding settlements ‘absolute provocation‘ — Erdogan
Turkish president, on official visit to Bahrain, also slams Israel for trying to quiet Muslim call to prayer
By
Sue Surkes
February 12, 2017, 8:00 pm
PA calls mosque-muffling bill an attack on religious freedom
Abbas says legislation ‘would drag the area into disaster,’ top Arab lawmaker says move is racist, vows call to prayer will outlast Netanyahu
By
Dov Lieber
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ToI Staff
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