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The Swiss have made a courageous move to ban the erection of mosque minarets nationwide (Hat tip: Gates of Vienna):

GENEVA — Switzerland on Sunday voted to impose a blanket ban on the building of minarets across the country, backing an initiative by far-right politicians.

Check it out - again, they incite against the right by calling them far-right. Cut it out, AFP.

A clear majority of 57.5 percent of the population and 22 out of 26 cantons voted to ban the towers or turrets attached on mosques from where Muslims are called to prayer.

Far-right politicians celebrated the results, while the government sought to assure the Muslim minority that a ban on minarets was “not a rejection of the Muslim community, religion or culture.”

The Swiss People’s Party (SVP) — Switzerland’s biggest party — had forced a referendum under Swiss regulations on the issue after collecting 100,000 signatures within 18 months from eligible voters.

Having won a double majority — both in terms of cantons and absolute numbers, the initiative will now be inscribed in the country’s constitution.

Let's hope this'll be adopted in more countries across Europe, some of which have already brought the burka into discussion of what Islamic items to ban. And America may have to consider doing the same sooner or later.

Others on the subject include A Blog for All, Hot Air Headlines, Atlas Shrugs, Religion Clause, Tundra Tabloids (plus, another one), Klein Verzet, Don Surber, Chicago Ray, Holy Coast, Saber Point, The Lone Voice, Angry White Dude, Islamization Watch (plus, another one), Doctor Bulldog & Ronin, A Tangled Web, Jihad Watch, The Weekly Standard, Islam in Europe, Coalition of the Swilling, Solomonia, Joshuapundit, Sultan Knish, Hot Air.

Labels: Europe, islam