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Muslims fume over Swiss minaret ban
Jerusalem Post ^ | 11/30/2009 | Rachelle Kliger

Posted on 11/30/2009 9:20:05 AM PST by mojito

The Swiss decision to ban the building of new minarets in Switzerland is sending shockwaves throughout the Muslim world.

Muslims and human rights groups have expressed outrage at the decision, depicting it as an attack on Islam and a setback for religious freedom.

More than 57% of Swiss voters approved the proposal Sunday in a nationwide referendum backed by Switzerland's right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), widely associated with anti-immigration campaigns.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; switzerland
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To: darkside321

It was so predictable !


41 posted on 11/30/2009 12:30:08 PM PST by RnMomof7 (an)
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To: mojito
Muslims and human rights groups have expressed outrage at the decision,

Outrage, the #1 GDP contributing factor in the muslim world.

Human rights groups, the #1 factor to the decline of the western world.

Do the math, it's easy.

42 posted on 11/30/2009 12:31:05 PM PST by Moltke (DOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the Big House - HOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the White House.)
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To: rjsimmon
They have no moral ground to stand on as long as Christian churches are not allowed to be built or repaired in Moslem countries and if any Christian is persecuted within Islam.

Yes.

Bring this up to a muslim, and you will hear.....crickets...

43 posted on 11/30/2009 12:41:06 PM PST by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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To: RossA

But what would the carbon footprint be of those sky scrapers the EU would no doubt subsidize?


44 posted on 11/30/2009 1:53:01 PM PST by junta (S.C.U.M. = State Controlled Unreliable Media)
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To: happygrl

Swiss to ban Minarets.
Islam to ban chocolate.

Price of chocolate drops as
American sales rise to new heights.


45 posted on 11/30/2009 1:56:54 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: mojito

Start construction of Churches in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon and then we can talk about removing the minaret ban....


46 posted on 11/30/2009 2:18:05 PM PST by GraceG
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To: GraceG

The intolerant go postal against intolerance.


47 posted on 11/30/2009 3:00:43 PM PST by nj patriot (Gore is beyond help.... Snakes in the head.)
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