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

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  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 ...
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• Swiss wolves vote on what is for supper

  
  The Real Revo — Authority: 486
  In Switzerland, any law can be proposed and decided by plebiscite and the Swiss are very proud of their system of direct Democracy. This weekend they voted to prohibit the constriction of new minarets in the country. Supporters of the law claimed that minarets are symbols of Islamic domination and not appropriate in ...
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• The Swiss Minaret Ban: Some Things Never Change

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 733
  In the Letter Concerning Toleration , John Locke wrote, Nobody… neither single persons, nor Churches, nay, nor even commonwealths, have any just title to invade the civil rights and worldly goods of each other, upon pretence of religion. Those that are of another opinion would do well to consider with themselves ...
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• Swiss Sharply Criticized After Vote to Ban New Minarets

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  People wait for a tram near a mosque in Zurich on Monday.
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• Honest Cookies

  
  swissmiss — Authority: 718
  Lots of Calories Will make you fat. Honest (swiss) cookies . Made me smile. (thanks manuel)
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• The poster that convinced Switzerland to ban minarets

  
  Boing Boing — Authority: 886
  Taken from RYTCs photo of a billboard. There are currently four minarets in all of Switzerland, each pointed threateningly at (from?) one quarter of the nation. The posters minarets resemble those of the Hagia Sophia, a nice touch given the mindset at hand. The eyes, however, resemble those of David Bowie, emerging ...
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• Sepia Mutiny notes that church steeples …

  
  Talk Islam — Authority: 539
  Chapati Mystery notes that church steeples were likely invented as a response to mosque minarets. Maybe a solution for Swiss muslims is to add steeples to all their mosques instead? then everyone is happy. a
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• Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss citizen, weighs i…

  
  Talk Islam — Authority: 539
  Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss citizen, weighs in on the minarets ban . After discussing the political background, he makes the following interesting contentions: Who is to be blamed? I have been repeating for years to Muslim people that they have to be positively visible, active and proactive within their respective ...
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• Swiss ban on minarets condemned

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Muslim leaders and senior church figures around the world denounce decision amid fears of upsurge in Islamophobia Muslim leaders from around the world, senior church figures, European politicians and human rights experts have deplored Switzerlands decision to ban the building of minarets. The polarising verdict in ...
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• Swiss referendum on minarets

  
  My political blog and other musings — Authority: 139
  A referendum in Switzerland has voted for a ban to be imposed on the construction of more minarets. About 57.5% of those voting voted in favour of the ban. It does strike me that this is a reflection of anti-immigrant and xenophobic tendencies in Swiss society. Opposition to Islam has been turned into an attack ...
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• Switzerland faces backlash over minaret ban

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  Switzerland has faced an international backlash from the Muslim world, Europe and even the Vatican following its vote to ban minarets on mosques.
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• Europe Reacts to the Swiss Minaret Ban

  
  The Lede — Authority: 708
  Right-wing politicians exulted and human rights advocates fretted after Swiss voters surprised their government by approving a ban on construction of new minarets.
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• Turkey Feels The Pain Of Swiss Minaret Ban

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 688
  The Swiss Minaret ban has drawn many critical voices from around the world. The majority of Muslims in Switzerland are from Turkey and some from the Balkans. Turkey feels the minaret decision pain as number of Christian churches (namely Armenian and Greek) in Turkey are either closed or turned to museums.
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• Swiss ban new minarets; gov’t will honour referendum result

  
  No Apologies — Authority: 149
  From: “Swiss ban new minarets; Government to uphold outcome of referendum, but officials ’shocked,’ fear trade to be hurt” (The Ottawa Citizen – November 30, 2009): Switzerland voted to ban the construction of new minarets on Sunday, a surprise result certain to embarrass the neutral government and which ...
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• News: Switzerland is the new America

  
  Of a Golden Age — Authority: 128
  Not only did the Swiss-housed Large Hadron Collider break a record set by Chicagoland’s own Fermi Lab for proton acceleration. The Swiss also voted to ban the construction of minarets , a recognizable symbol of Islam similar to the steeple for Christian churches but with added religious significance. Advancing ...
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• Voting For Minarets, Capital Punishment, Corporal Punishment, Prince Charles’ Architectural Aesthetic and Immigration

  
  ninme — Authority: 478
  So the Swiss have voted to ban minarets (incidentally, an interesting article here on how the vote was being led by Swiss women : “If we give them a minaret, they’ll have us all wearing burqas,” said Julia Werner, a local housewife. “Before you know it, we’ll have sharia law and women being stoned to ...
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• Shaykh Yasir Qadhi posts his thoughts on…

  
  Talk Islam — Authority: 539
  Shaykh Yasir Qadhi posts his thoughts on the Swiss minaret ban. The post is interesting for the way the Shaykh uses this issue to launch into a discussion of the overarching challenges facing the Muslim community in our times in “the West” and the different general approaches the community divides into in ...
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• The Swiss Should Ban Muslims Instead Of Minarets

  
  THE HOT JOINTS — Authority: 141
  On Sunday, nearly 58% of Swiss voters voted in favor banning the construction of new minarets atop Muslim mosques. Like a lot of people in Europe, the Swiss are beginning to realize that radical Islam is slowly taking over their country. In many places the Muslim call to prayer rings out over the land five times a ...
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• Switzerland: Minaret ban

  
  Virtually Islamic — Authority: 136
  ansamed, Switzerland: Minaret ban, anger and surprise on Islamic blogs, 30 Nov 09 "The call to prayer from minarets rung out yesterday across the entire Islamic world, involved in the last hours of the Feast of Sacrifice (Eid Al-Adha) and the height of the pilgrimage to the holy sites of Mecca, while surprise and in ...
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• On the Map: About Those Swiss Minarets

  
  Bitch Blogs — Authority: 141
  At first glance, the ominous poster made by the Swiss Peoples Party (SVP) seemed to me to be depicting a burqa-clad woman standing in front of a stockpile of missiles. The starkly dubious message being: Stop Islamic Fundamentalism. After reading the accompanying article on Al Jazeera (and than many, many more ...
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