In response to the Israeli government’s plan to prohibit the call to prayer in the city, Jerusalemites climbed onto the roofs of their houses and recited the call to prayer all together.
In video footage which is circulating on social media, residents can clearly be heard reciting the call to prayer in protest of the law to ban it in Jerusalem.
Churches in Nazareth showed solidarity by broadcasting the call to the night prayer in response to attempts to prohibit the call of prayer being broadcasted from Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Over the past two weeks, Israel has been working to ban the Muslim call to prayer, the Adhan.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has supported the a bill to outlaw the religious calling, saying: “Israel is a state that respects the freedom of worship for all believers and it is committed to protecting those who suffer from noise which is caused by the loudspeakers.”
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
Palestinian churches sound Islamic call to prayer in response to #Israel banning it. This is everything! (Arabic) https://t.co/aXmH9C9xBy
— Nadeem Muaddi (@nmuaddi) November 18, 2016
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