A new bill establishes a default ban on the use of public address systems in mosques, licensing requirements, extensive enforcement powers, and fines of tens of thousands of shekels.

Sheikh Faisal bin Abdul Malik Al Nu‘man, a longtime muezzin of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, died on Monday evening ...

The soulful voice that called worshippers to prayer at Masjid Nabawi (ﷺ) has fallen silent forever, as the final Adhan of the ...

Lod city council member Amichai Langfeld told Arutz Sheva that all attempts to reach agreements with the Arab sector for the month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr have failed, and this year Lod residents ...

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The muezzin (person who gives the call for prayer) of Saudi's Masjid An-Nabwi, also known as the Prophet's Mosque, passed ...

A proposal to ban religious institutions from using outdoor loudspeakers, called the “muezzin bill” after the Muslim call to prayer, was authorized by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on ...

Israel’s proposed “Muezzin Bill,” that would limit use of loudspeakers for religious purposes, has drawn widespread opposition from across the Muslim world, but perhaps the most unusual protest comes ...

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 ...

AFP — Ibrahim Masri has been calling Muslims to prayer for nearly 15 years in a northern Israel city but his voice is now being silenced because he took part in a bodybuilding contest. The Interior ...

To the editor: As The Times notes, the muezzin’s chant, “broadcast over a loudspeaker from the mosque’s minaret, is a familiar sound throughout the Islamic world, from the giant mosques of Cairo, ...

Cologne mosques need to apply for a special permit in order to be able to broadcast the call. The initiative will be limited to two years and then be re-evaluated. BERLIN (AP) — The German city of ...