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EUROPE AWAKES TO GROWING ISLAMIC PROBLEM thelastcrusade.org “Finally, the Europeans are waking up” Wafa Sultan On November 29, Swiss voters approved a proposal to ban the construction of minarets, after a rightwing campaign that labelled the mosque towers as symbols of militant Islam,The Swiss movement against the militant Islam is spreading to other European countries.In Great Britain, according to the Daily Mail, 75% of the people want a ban on minarets.In France, Le Figaro posed the question, “Should the construction of new minarets be banned in France?” A majority of 73% of respondents favored such a ban. And it...

When a Jewish boy turns 13, he heads to a temple for a deeply meaningful rite of passage, his bar mitzvah. When a Catholic girl reaches about the same age, she stands in front of the local bishop, who touches her forehead with holy oil as she is confirmed into a 2,000-year-old faith tradition. But missing altogether in each of those cases - and in countless others of equal religious importance - is any role at all for government. There is no baptism certificate issued by the local courthouse, and no federal tax benefits attached to the confessional booth,...