Topic: Switzerland
A Swiss businessman appalled by his fellow countrymen's decision to ban minarets has extended a chimney above his company building into a minaret in protest. Now we have the support of all the far-right parties across Europe. This is shameful," Guillaume Morand, ...
Hasan A. Yahya, Professor of Sociology Four incidents recently occurred in Europe and the United States brought intellectual attention and serious discussions on the crazy world prejudice in the name of religion. On 1 July, this year, Marwa al-Sherbini, an Egyptian woman ...
The former "Mad Dog of the Middle East" (to borrow Ronald Reagan's somewhat rabid phrase) and the 1970s leading sponsor of terrorism is now accusing Switzerland of inviting terrorism with open arms.. "Switzerland has done the so-called Al Qaeda, or the terrorists, ...
Switzerland has long been known as a land of tolerance and neutrality. But on Sunday, the majority of Swiss citizens voted in favor of an outrageous law to ban all future construction of mosque minarets. According to supporters of this new law, ...
A Turkish minister said he expected Muslims to withdraw their money from Swiss banks in response to a referendum vote that banned the construction of minarets in the country, in remarks published Wednesday. "I am certain this (the vote) will prompt our ...
Switzerland's recent vote to ban the building of new minarets on Muslim mosques might be so backwards that it'll wind up inciting widespread public support of the Muslim community in Europe.. The architectural towers are tall, distinctive spires that serve as a ...
The Swiss foreign minister warned on Tuesday that a decision by voters in Switzerland to ban new mosque minarets could endanger security, amid stark warnings about a broader threat of extremism.Opponents of the ban in Switzerland vowed to press ahead with legal ...
A decision by voters in Switzerland to ban the construction of new mosque minarets will endanger security, Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said on Tuesday. "In any event, we are concerned by this vote," she told a meeting of the Organisation for Security ...
Voting by an unexpectedly large margin, the Swiss overwhelmingly adopted a national ban on the construction of minarets. Sunday's vote represents a clear victory for the Swiss right and serves notice that the citizens of Switzerland are concerned about the growing influence ...
Voting by an unexpectedly large margin, the Swiss overwhelmingly adopted a national ban on the construction of minarets. Sunday's vote represents a clear victory for the Swiss right and serves notice that the citizens of Switzerland are concerned about the growing influence ...