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Why the Swiss Were Right to Prohibit Construction of Minarets
Pajamas Media ^ | Dec. 3 | Hege Storhaug

Posted on 12/03/2009 11:14:37 AM PST by AJKauf

The European media are crowded with editorials condemning the Swiss for voting to prohibit the construction of any more minarets in their country. Here in Norway, the newspaper Dagsavisen went furthest of all, devoting its entire front page on Monday to a comparison of the entire nation of Switzerland with Nazi brownshirts. The front-page illustration did not admit to misinterpretation: the Swiss were Nazis, period.

Virtually all of the media went on autopilot in their abuse of the Swiss. What is at issue is the supposedly “sacred” freedom of religion, which has become an icon especially among left-wing intellectuals and the European niceness industry as a whole. But hold it for one second: As far as I’ve noticed, no major commentator or intellectual who has blasted Switzerland for this plebiscite has taken into account Islam’s political content. Can anyone in my own country of Norway, for example, point to a single — I repeat, a single – Muslim congregation within our borders that is secular? That is, a single congregation that rejects sharia and Islam’s political ambitions?

In any event, thanks to the Swiss minaret vote, Islam and Christianity are yet again being brought together in a forced marriage. A minaret, we keep being told, is just like a church spire. Nothing new there: When it comes to Islam, the editorialists, columnists, and talking heads simply can’t or won’t face reality. These “decent” people are appalled by the Swiss people’s rejection of minarets — period.....

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1 posted on 12/03/2009 11:14:37 AM PST by AJKauf
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To: AJKauf

It is the smart thing to do, but it doesn’t have to be right or smart, it’s their damned country!


2 posted on 12/03/2009 11:16:23 AM PST by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: AJKauf

...because they attract missiles?


3 posted on 12/03/2009 11:18:09 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: AJKauf

First thing that has to be done is to “decertify” islam as a religion.


4 posted on 12/03/2009 11:28:10 AM PST by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
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To: AJKauf

Sacred freedom of religion?

That means that it’s OK for unelected EU bureaucrats to ban crucifixes in Italy, but it’s wrong for the Swiss people to ban minarets in Switzerland?

Oh, OK. I get it.


5 posted on 12/03/2009 11:31:20 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: AJKauf

Anything that slows or stops the spread of the islamofacist is goods for the planet..


6 posted on 12/03/2009 11:38:28 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA
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To: AJKauf

I still think banning minarets is pointless symbolism. The problem with mosques in the west is not their outward appearance, it’s what goes on inside. Especially since so many of them are funded by extremist Saudi Wahhabists.


7 posted on 12/03/2009 11:53:11 AM PST by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
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To: Eagles6
First thing that has to be done is to “decertify” islam as a religion.

Right on. Islam is not a religion, it is an all-encompassing totalitarian ideological system based on forced conversions, deceit, and violence.

8 posted on 12/03/2009 12:30:37 PM PST by gorilla_warrior (Metrosexual hairless RINOs for hopey-changey bipartisan-ness)
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