Muslim prayer call ban blasted as ‘an attempt to erase the religion’
A BILL aimed at banning mosques from broadcasting the Muslim prayer call over loudspeaker has been slammed as “an attempt to erase the religion”.
By ZOE EFSTATHIOU
Express.co.uk
Sun, Nov 20, 2016
The draft law, proposed by the Israeli government, has sparked outrage among Muslims who claim they are being discriminated against.
But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims the bill is not intended to suppress Islam, but aims to protect citizens from noise disturbance.
Coalition parties are expected to back the legislation, which would ban the prayer call from being broadcast at night and early morning.
Moni Aloleimi, 44, a Muslim originally from Jordan now living in Jaffa, Israel, described the bill as “an attempt to erase the religion”.
He added: “People can’t accept this. If there is no call to prayer, there is no prayer. And if there is no prayer, there is no religion.”
Mr Aloleimi, who runs a manpower company, said the prayer call, which is broadcast five times a day and dates back to the time of the prophet Muhammed, is required to “rouse and remind people that there is a god and to not do evil deeds.”
He warned that if the law goes through, “there will be an explosion and it will end very badly”.
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