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• Iran summons Swiss envoy over ban on minarets

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Tehran, Dec 5 (DPA) Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Saturday summoned Switzerland’s ambassador to Tehran and harshly criticized the outcome of a Swiss referendum to ban the construction of minarets on mosques.Last Sunday, Swiss voters endorsed the referendum that had been called by the right-wing Swiss ...
  21 hours ago

• Jon Stewart on Minarets and Swiss Neutrality

  
  Incentives Matter — Authority: 130
  Very, very funny... Enjoy! The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Olivers Travels - Switzerland http://www.thedailyshow.com/ Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis
  23 hours ago

• More than Half in Turkey Oppose Non-Muslim Religious Meetings

  
  Particular Baptist Kev's Random Thoughts — Authority: 141
  Survey finds nearly 40 percent of population has negative view of Christians.ISTANBUL, December 4 (CDN) — More than half of the population of Muslim-majority Turkey opposes members of other religions holding meetings or publishing materials to explain their faith, according to a recently issued survey.Fully 59 ...
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• California Man Claims He Spied on Mosques for FBI

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 143
  A judge on Thursday lifted a seal on court records and transcripts that a Southern California man says will prove he was an informant for the FBI.Craig Monteilh claims he has not been fully paid by the FBI for spying on mosques — an activity that angered the Muslim community and brought accusations that worshippers ...
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• Op-Ed Contributor: Switzerland’s Invisible Minarets

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  The Swiss voted to ban minarets that no one intends to build in order to defend themselves against an Islam that has never existed in Switzerland.
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• 30 Killed at Mosque in Pakistan

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 155
  Attackers lobbed grenades and opened fire at worshippers at a mosque in the garrison city of Rawalpindi during Friday prayers, killing at least 30.
  2 days ago

• California Man Claims He Spied on Mosques for FBI

  
  The Gates of Hell — Authority: 135
  A judge on Thursday lifted a seal on court records and transcripts that a Southern California man says will prove he was an informant for the FBI. Craig Monteilh claims he has not been fully paid by the FBI for spying on mosques — an activity that angered the Muslim community and brought accusations that ...
  2 days ago

• House of Treason Passes Anti-White “Equality Bill”

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 606
  The House of Commons has passed the “Equality Act” which will legally entrench anti-white discrimination in Britain. The law was passed by 338 votes to eight — which means that the majority of Tories in the House supported the bill. The law, which will now go before the House of Lords, will legally empower all ...
  3 days ago

• Switzerland’s Neutral Stance a Wash After Minaret Ban

  
  Flavorwire — Authority: 704
  Rarely do we witness such a firestorm over architecture, but when it involves a famously neutral European nation and one of the worlds oldest religions, things get messy. Switzerlandjust pushed through a ban against minarets, or Muslim prayer towers, by a popular vote of 57.5%. The ban was sponsored in part by the ...
  3 days ago

• The Swiss Ban

  
  Qwaider Planet — Authority: 171
  P.S three people inspired me to write this post : Tarek Ramadan , Tarek Amr and Ahmed Shokier I do not understand why the Swiss hold a poll to determine whether to have or ban the mosques minarets as according Read More......( read more )
  4 days ago

• After Swiss Referendum on Minarets: Who is Radicalizing Whom?

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 570
  On Sunday, 57 percent of Swiss people who took part in a referendum voted in favour of a ban on the construction of minarets. The proposal had been put forward by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP), the largest party in parliament. Reaction to the Swiss people’s decision was immediate, with criticisms appearing in ...
  4 days ago

• Oz PM angers Muslims with his `right to leave’ remark

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Canberra (Australia), Dec.2 (ANI): Muslim representative bodies across the world, and particularly in Australia, have reacted angrily to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s `adjust or leave Australia’ remark, saying the comment was prejudicial to their community and uncalled for.Rudd had said that Muslims who ...
  4 days ago

• Minaret ban in Switzerland

  
  Critical Thoughts — Authority: 112
  I had refrained from commenting on the referendum for the minaret ban in Switzerland because I had felt that the Swiss might be more rational and vote against the ban. Well, as it turned out, I was wrong. Damned wrong.Its time that Muslims around the world express our dissatisfaction and concern with this current ...
  4 days ago

• Who won the day in Bury Park yesterday?

  
  www.reconciliationtalk.com — Authority: 110
  Its been all of a couple of months since community relations in Luton hit the news. But yesterday Saiful Islam and the al-Muhajiroun boys hit the news again as a number of eggs hit Baroness Warsi and her entourage as they went walkabout in Bury Park. The BBC were on the scene yesterday and caught the action -  Tory ...
  4 days ago

• Islam Takes Another Hit in Europe: Swiss Vote to Ban New Minarets

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 795
  Filed under: Religion , Immigration , Woman Up , International First, it was head scarves. Then it was burqas. The latest target in Europes growing anti-Muslim sentiment: minarets.   Permalink  |  Email this  |  Linking Blogs  |  Comments
  5 days ago

• Swiss Minaret Ban Outrage

  
  Indonesia Matters News Feed — Authority: 483
  Indonesian government and religious leaders defend religious freedom for Swiss Muslims. Leader of Indonesias largest Muslim organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), KH Hasyim Muzadi, said of the recent referendum vote in Switzerland to forbid the construction of new minarets on mosques Its regrettable, it shows the ...
  5 days ago

• A Possible Turning Point

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  On one level, the vote to ban minarets in Switzerland is a triviality. The constitutional amendment does not ban mosques, it does not pull down the country’s four existing minarets, nor does touch the practice of Islam in Switzerland or bear on the many issues concerning Swiss Muslims. In all likelihood, the ...
  5 days ago

• Switzerland Votes to Prohibit Minarets

  
  Thinking Out Loud — Authority: 129
  I never knew when I wrote my original post on this subject on September 18th , that when the vote took place two months later, it would generate so many new visits here. According to traffic on this blog on the days leading up to and after the Swiss voted on the weekend to prohibit Muslim mosques from ...
  5 days ago

• Swiss minaret ban extreme Islamophobia (Islamic Nazis are upset)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  ISLAMABAD: Pakistani religious groups on Monday condemned a referendum in Switzerland that saw voters approve a ban on the construction of mosque minarets, calling it extreme Islamophobia. Switzerland on Sunday voted in favour of a ban on new mosque minarets - the towers or turrets attached to mosques from which ...
  5 days ago

• Swiss Sharply Criticized After Vote to Ban New Minarets

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  People wait for a tram near a mosque in Zurich on Monday.
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