Minaret Referendum in Switzerland

Author: Adelle M. Banks Source: Beliefnet/Religion News Service http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2010/03/state-dept-highlights-religiou.p… The State Department issued its annual human rights report Thursday (March 11), noting religious freedom violations...

Author: John Tagliabue Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/world/europe/27swiss.html?emc=tnt&tnt… Bertram Decker’s second-floor office in Nestlé’s big food plant here looks out over the town’s only minaret, a wooden turret...

Author: Staff Writer Source: Thaindian News http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/inter-faith-meet-cond… Religious scholars and intellectuals Thursday condemned the Swiss government’s recent ban on...

Author: Robin Riskin Source: The Bi-College News http://www.biconews.com/?p=22375 A wooden minaret capped in a green cloth stood outside of Founders starting at 8 a.m. Friday. Edin Fako ‘11 erected it to protest Switzerland’s recent ban on the...

Author: Deborah Ball and Anita Greil Source: The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126264916012115609.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_RIG… In November, Switzerland voted to ban the construction of new minarets, the towerlike structures that...

Author: Steven Erlanger Source: The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/world/europe/28marseille.html?_r=1&em… The minaret of the new Grand Mosque of Marseille, whose cornerstone will be laid here in April, will be silent — no...

Author: Edward Cody Source: The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/08/AR20091… Faced with swelling unease over the place of Muslim immigrants in France, President Nicolas Sarkozy called Tuesday...

Author: Staff Writer Source: The Washington Post Wire Service: Reuters http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/06/AR20091… Swiss liberals are considering a new referendum to overturn the ban on building new minarets in the...

Author: Bradley S. Klapper Source: Google News Wire Service: AP http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jSvKwQU-w3j6Gp8PWHRzV… The United Nations called Switzerland's ban on new minarets "clearly discriminatory" and deeply...

Author: Peter Capella Source: Brisbane Times http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-world/switzerland-confro… Switzerland confronted an international backlash and charges of intolerance on Monday as...