The Israeli MK Robert Ilatov is scheduled to submit Wednesday a revised version of Adhan ban bill which imposes further restrictions on the Muslim call to prayer within the Green Line and occupied Jerusalem for vote in the Knesset.
The revised version was suggested after a meeting held between MK Ilatov (Yisrael Beitenu) and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.
The revised version was approved for vote in the Knesset by Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation after the ultra-Orthodox Israeli Minister of Health Yaakov Litzman rejected the original draft bill for fear of a possible effect on the use of the weekly Jewish call for Shabbat.
The bill was modified to prevent the use of loudspeakers by mosques only between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. along with an additional fine of 2670 USD that according to the Times of Israel violators have to pay.
The bill has to pass through three rounds of votes before it can be decreed.
