Israel’s far-right national security minister has ordered police to ban mosques in Israel from broadcasting the call to prayer, Al Jazeera reports.

In a video post on X, Itamar Ben-Gvir said police needed “to address and enforce the issue of noise in mosques”.

Israel’s Channel 12 reported earlier that Ben-Gvir had sent police instructions on enforcing the ban, including by confiscating loudspeakers and issuing fines.

About 14 per cent of Israel’s population is Muslim, according to the Pew Research Centre.

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