Swiss ban on minarets a giant step backward

[We Are Muslims]

The Swiss news agency ATS reported this week that the ban on the
construction of minarets has been approved by 57% of the voters who
supported this draconian measure. The referendum that proposed the ban
was backed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP).

It is a sad moment for all people who cherish religious freedom to see
a discriminatory law receive wide popular support in the country that
witnessed the birth of modern democracy. It is also ironic that such a
blatant expression of intolerance is taking place in the birthplace of
Jean-Jacques Rousseau who drew on his Swiss experience to call on
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