The Islamic Awqaf (endowment) Department in Occupied Jerusalem slammed the Israeli ministerial committee for approving a bid banning Adhan (Muslim call to prayers) via mosque loudspeakers.
“The draft resolution is a sign of Israel’s disregard for whatever is Arab and Islamic in Occupied Jerusalem” a statement by the department read. “Such a racist resolution signals a war on Muslims and Islam.”
“Voting on a bid to ban the call to prayers and lowering the volume of loudspeakers is an unacceptable racist move” said the Endowment authorities.
“The minarets of Occupied Jerusalem and the holy al-Aqsa Mosque along with other mosques in the occupied Palestinian territories shall keep reciting the call to prayers and invite people to worship Allah the Greatest” the statement added.
“The ban is a flagrant violation of the freedom of worship and a serious assault on a key Islamic ritual” it further stated.
Adhan is an Islamic ritual recited five times a day to invite Muslims to perform their religious prayers. It was first chanted by the Companion of Prophet Mohamed (Peace Be Upon Him) some 1400 years ago.
The text of Adhan reads literally as follows: “ALLAH is Most Great. I testify that there is no god except ALLAH. I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of ALLAH. Come to prayer. Come to success. Prayer is better than sleep. ALLAH is Most Great. There is no god except ALLAH.”
The Israeli occupation government claimed Adhan—the peaceful call to prayers as the text above shows—is a nuisance to the Israelis residing across the occupied Palestinian territories.
