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Democratic vote: no more mosques with minarets in Switzerland - How will the Muslim world react?

Asked by mattbrowne (31732points) November 30th, 2009

The results of the 2009 mosque minaret ban referendum in Switzerland on November 29, needing a double majority to pass, were 57% majority in favor of a ban and 19 cantons out of 23 approved the proposals.

As of October 2009, minarets in Switzerland total four: one in Zürich, Geneva, Winterthur, and Wangen. The ban means that building new minarets in Switzerland is now illegal. Switzerland is the only country in Europe with such a ban in place.

I think this ban in very wrong. How can this vote of the Swiss people be explained?

I wonder how the Muslim world will react. What are your thoughts? How many mosques in the US feature (tall) minarets? How do people feel about them?

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