LONDON: Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday voted in a preliminary reading to approve a bill that will restrict the use and volume of mosque loudspeakers across the country, according to Palestine News Agency. The bill requires three additional votes before it can be enacted into law. Knesset member Zvika Fogel, from the right-wing Otzma Yehudit party led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, introduced the “muezzin bill,” which passed with 50 votes in favor and only 36 against in a preliminary vote.

Knesset advances the 'muezzin bill' regulating mosque loudspeaker noise. Israeli parliament dissolved by July 31 at 57% YES.

The bill's proposal argues that in many Muslim countries there are clear restrictions on noise levels, and "some countries have almost entirely prohibited the use of loudspeaker…