Israel Democracy Institute opposes new bill which may put an end to the raucous Muslim call to prayer 5 times daily including in the middle of the night.
By Hezki Ezra, Shoshana Miskin
Ministerial Committee on Legislation will discuss this upcoming Sunday a bill that seeks to ban the use of public loudspeaker systems in houses of prayer, which may put an end to the raucous Muslim call to prayer sounded in the middle of the night.
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Professor Mordechai Kremnitzer, Attorney Eli Becker and Dr. Amir Fuchs of the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) published a statement calling for the ministers to oppose the bill, claiming it is unnecessary as the current law already prohibits unreasonable levels of noise.
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