The “Muezzin Law” proposed by MK Moti Yegev (Jewish Home), scheduled to be brought to a vote today, has again been pushed off. Coalition officials reported that Shas and its chairman Aryeh Deri put ...

The muezzin calls With regard to “Muzzling the muezzin” (Editorial, November 15), the Muslim calls to prayer are lengthy and loud, sounded five times a day, beginning at around 4 a.m. They are ...

Israel’s Knesset has passed the preliminary reading of a bill that would bar mosques from using loudspeaker systems to amplify the muezzin, or Muslim call to prayer. The bill doesn’t actually say ...

The chairman of the National Security Committee, MK Zvika Foghel (Otzma Yehudit), is promoting a new bill to prevent unreasonable noise caused by the operation of the muezzin in mosques, in support of ...

The bill, which limits the volume of the muezzin’s call to prayer and the loudspeakers of all religious institutions during the day, came after several hours of heated debate. JERUSALEM (JTA) — A bill ...

The Mosque Affairs Department at Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf), in partnership with the Educational Guidance Department, has launched an educational program titled: The Young ...

The German city of Cologne will start permitting mosques to broadcast muezzin calls for prayer, the city said Monday. The calls can be broadcast for five minutes every week for the Friday prayer ...