Dar al-Ifta al-Miṣriyyah the highest Islamic fatwa institute in Egypt has strongly denounced the new Israeli Knesset bill that calls for banning Muslims from reciting Adhan (call to prayer) through mosque loudspeakers.
In a press release on Wednesday Dar al-Ifta warned that such an Israeli step would add fuel to the fire in the occupied Palestinian territories and would destabilize the regional security further condemning it as “a blatant violation of the freedom of worship.”
“There should be no restriction on Muslims practicing their religion in the occupied territories or ban on their entry to the holy Aqsa Mosque” the fatwa institute said.
The institute appealed to the international community and its organizations to necessarily and immediately intervene to curb Israel’s growing restrictions on the Palestinians’ Islamic religious practices as well as its ongoing attempts to change the nature of the land and its indigenous population in the territories under its occupation.
