Press TV- The Israeli parliament, Knesset, has given preliminary approval to a controversial bill that would ban Muslim calls to prayers from being announced via loudspeakers at mosques in the occupied Palestinian territories. The "muezzin" bill was passed in the preliminary reading by 55-48 votes on Wednesday. The bill was approved after a heated ...

AFP- Israeli ministers on Sunday endorsed a contentious draft bill which Muslims say is meant to silence the traditional call to prayer, information released by the justice ministry showed. A list of draft legislation put to the vote in the powerful ministerial committee on legislation marked the "bill for prevention of noise from public address systems ...

Press TV- The political bureau chief of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned the Israeli regime about the recent ban on the use of speakers for Muslim calls to prayer, stating that such legislation is tantamount to playing with fire. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Turkeys official news agency,Anadolu,on Sunday, Khaled ...

Press TV- Palestinians have rallied across the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip, voicing outrage at a proposed piece of Israeli legislation that would ban the Muslim call to prayers from being announced via loudspeakers at mosques in the occupied Palestinian territories. Gazans and West Bank-based Palestinians demonstrated ...

The call to prayer, a five-times-a-day ritual for strict adherents to Islam, is reaching new heights inIran. Under a directive announced Wednesday by Irans Civil Aviation Organization, all aircraft will be prohibited from flying across the country during the Adhan, or call to prayer, when many devout Muslims pause to face toward Mecca and pray. The ...

(Reuters) - Iran's parliament has banned on airplanes from flying in the country during the Azan call to Islamic prayer, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Wednesday. "According to the new directive, airplanes are banned from flying during Azan, especially during the call to morning prayers," Mehr quoted the spokesman for parliament's ...