The Head of Religious Affairs Directorate criticizes Israel

Mehmet Gormez says proposal amounts to denial of Muslims' role in Jerusalem.

An Israeli bill calling for a ban on mosques using loudspeakers for the call to prayer was condemned as a “rejection of Islam” by Turkey’s leading religious figure Wednesday.

Mehmet Gormez, the head of the Religious Affairs Directorate, said the proposal to impose noise limits on places of worship “means the rejection of Islam and Muslims’ presence in Jerusalem.”