A widely shared online post claimed Scottish people have started playing bagpipes during the Muslim call to prayer to “combat the Islamisation of their country”.
A video attached to the post shows a person playing the bagpipes with the caption “Bagpipes during Muslim call to prayer”.
The post implies the video was recorded in Scotland, although it does not directly say so.
Evaluation
The video was filmed in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The facts
A reverse image search of the video shows it has been posted several times. This includes a post on Instagram with the caption “Such a beautiful sound in our beautiful TLV”. TLV is a commonly used abbreviation for Tel Aviv in Israel.
The caption also tags the account of what is likely the original poster, who uploaded the video to Instagram on December 12 2025 with a caption reading, “some consider this a Muslim country”.
The original poster uploaded the same video to TikTok the next day.
The Instagram poster’s linked website says they are from rural Scotland and have played bagpipes in many different countries.
Filtering through Google Maps results for parks along Tel Aviv’s coast clearly shows the video was recorded in Abrasha Park. Images from the park show the same view of the Tiroche Amphitheatre and background of the city and beach.
The call to prayer is recited before each of the five Islamic daily prayers. The person responsible – the muezzin – often makes his call through loudspeakers.
The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimated 18% of Israel’s population was Muslim at the end of 2023.
Links
Post on X (archived post and video)
First post on Instagram (archived post and video download)
Original post on Instagram (archived post, screen shot and video download)
Post on TikTok (archived post and video)
Image on Google Maps (archived)
Tiroche Amphitheatre on Google Maps (archived)
Approach Guides – Guide to the Islamic Call to Prayer (archived)
