’’Israeli’’ Unprecedented Aggression: Banning Mosques’ Loudspeakers
Continuing the Zionist war against religious sanctities, "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday his support for a law that would ban mosques from using loudspeaker systems to call people to prayer.
The so-called "Muezzin" Law, proposed by MK Anastassia Michaeli "Yisrael Beiteinu" applies to all houses of worship but the practice is prevalent only in mosques.
"There's no need to be more liberal than Europe," Netanyahu said in reference to the law during a meeting of his Likud ministers.
After intense pressure from Likud ministers Limor Livnat, Dan Meridor and Michael Eitan, who harshly criticized the bill, Netanyahu announced that he was postponing the scheduled debate in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation.
Claiming that hundreds of thousands of "Israeli" citizens routinely suffer from the noise caused by the muezzin's calls to prayer, Michaeli "The bill comes from a worldview whereby freedom of religion should not be a factor in undermining quality of life."
Netanyahu made similar comments to the Likud ministers.
"I have received numerous requests from people who are bothered by the noise from the mosques," he said.
Netanyahu realized he would not be able to muster a majority in support of the law among his Likud ministers, and announced that the bill would be removed from the agenda of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, which convened a few hours after the Likud meeting.
Netanyahu added, however, the matter would be debated over the coming days and that the bill would be brought before the ministerial committee next week.
Source: "Haaretz" daily, Edited by moqawama.org
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