PhotoA bill that would regulate the traditional use of loudspeakers for the Muslim call to prayer passed its first legislative hurdle in Israel?s Parliament on Wednesday, provoking frustration and anger among some Arab lawmakers.
Opponents describe the legislation as an attack on religious freedom that targets the five daily calls to prayer.
In the book of laws, this law is the blackest.?Some Arab lawmakers ripped up copies of the legislation during a debate.
Both versions passed with slim majorities, but a final draft requires further approval from Parliament before becoming law.
Zouheir Bahloul, a member of Parliament belonging to the center-left Zionist Union, disagreed, calling the bill ?dangerous? in a translated interview with i24, an Israeli television station.
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