World bulletin/News Desk

Israeli ministers have made a renewed attempt to ban the Muslim call to prayer being broadcast through loudspeakers, Israeli media reported Sunday.

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation has approved a draft of the bill which will go to a preliminary vote in the parliament, according to daily Yedioth Ahronoth.

After the law earlier met opposition from Ultra-Orthodox Jewish lawmakers over concerns about how it might also affect Jewish religious practices, the revised draft makes the ban applicable from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Palestinians have rejected the law claiming it deprives Muslims of their right to freedom of religion.