01 December 2009

What lesson does the Swiss ban on minarets hold for Britain? [Swiss Ban Post 3]

.... The Swiss have been forced to recognise that many of their people are worried about Islam's unquestioned, undemocratic encroachments into Western society. And unless our own Government now takes note and instigates a rational but robust debate on the subject, we can expect far more trouble ahead. [MailOnline] Read more

U.N. rights boss denounces Swiss ban on minarets …. She said the ban was “discriminatory, deeply divisive and a thoroughly unfortunate step for Switzerland to take, and risks putting the country on a collision course with its international human rights obligations.” [Reuters Blogs - FaithWorld] Read more

Here comes the backlash: Swiss say no more ‘bayonets of Islam’ .... The Swiss government was able to ban anti-minaret posters (below) before the vote, but they were unable to stop the people from voting. …. The question still remains, are minarets the problem, or is it the ideology that is taught in the buildings they are built upon? [Creeping Sharia] Read more