Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Read The Swiss Minaret Ban: Islam in Question | ISA RC22 News ...

Edited by Patrick Haenni and St?phane Lathion

With an Afterword by Olivier Roy

On 29 November 2009 Swiss voters approved the proposal to introduce a ban on building minarets on Swiss territory into the Federal Constitution. The result surprised large parts of the media and political class.

The most frequently mentioned motive of supporters of the initiative was the wish to give a clear signal against the expansion of Islam and the type of society associated with this religion. The vote?s real objective was not the minaret as such. Rather, the minaret was being turned into a symbol of the issues raised by Islam.

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