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Switzerland’s take on Islam

Posted on 22 December 2009

From Thehindubusinessline.com: In true democratic fashion, the Swiss went to polls and cast their vote in a referendum on an important issue for them: whether new mosques to be built in Switzerland should have minarets.
And in an overwhelmingly clear decision, the answer was ‘no’ with 57.5 per cent of the electorate voting in favour of a ban and 42.5 per cent against. This vote, and the fact that 22 out of 26 cantons (or states) supported the initiative, makes it a go for a constitutional amendment………………………………….Full Article: Source

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