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President Rivlin Meets Religious Leaders on Use of Mosque Loudspeakers
(Jerusalem Post-JTA) Greer Fay Cashman - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin brought together Muslim and Jewish spiritual leaders at his official residence on Tuesday to discuss the use of loudspeakers by houses of worship. Sheikh Abdel al-Hakim Samara, president of the Islamic Shari'a Court, emphasized that only through discourse and agreement can solutions be reached in those areas where the loudspeakers are problematic. He added: "We all agree there is a need to lower the volume in problematic areas and we will act to ensure this." Sheikh Mohammed Ciooan, who heads the Committee of Imams, stressed that human dignity should be the guideline in all discussions. His organization has already made a public request for the volume of the loudspeakers to be reduced in all the communities concerned, he said.