Knesset moves to ban call to prayer

The Israeli Knesset has approved the "Mu'adhin Law" project, which aims to ban the call to prayer via loudspeakers in Jerusalem and within the Green Line. The law requires prior licensing for any audio system in mosques. It imposes fines of up to 50,000 shekels (approximately $17,000) for unlicensed operation and grants police authority to confiscate sound systems in case of violations. Palestine condemned this law, and Palestinian and Islamic movements opposed it, considering it an act of discriminatory escalation and a violation of freedom of worship. Reactions described it as part of an Israeli campaign to undermine Jerusalem's religious and Islamic identity.