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I'm surprised something like this is happening in Europe.
I'm surprised something like this is happening in Europe.
Please explain how a minaret is a threat to democracy.
You're fulla crap, matey.
We did. All the states ratified the first amendment. It was a slam dunk. Minarets are in.We should have a vote on it here too.
Supporters of a ban claim that allowing minarets would represent the growth of an ideology and a legal system - Sharia law - which are incompatible with Swiss democracy.
We did. All the states ratified the first amendment. It was a slam dunk. Minarets are in.
they should. and bulldoze the mosques.
People like you are no better than the Islamists you hate.
when Islam takes over, it will be a MANS world. you do realize that don't you??
Good post.Had this happened to some sort of Jewish symbol for instance, it would have been called antisemitism and media all over the world would have booed the Swiss people, but it's Muslims we are talking about so it's OK. This is a JOKE if you ask me.
And NO, using the UK as an example is stupid. Why? Because the UK system is STUPID. Had the UK had a proper filtering process for their immigration system, they wouldn't have ended up with the sht they have now. Why doesn't the US have the problem that the UK has? Why are Muslims in the US so much better off than their counterparts in the UK? Because we are 100 times better at filtering who gets in and who doesn't through the immigration system. You could be a UK loather for life and get accepted to become a UK immigrant and then citizen. What kind of stupid system is that?
The Swiss, they are proud of their "freedom" SO much, to a point where they restricted religious expressions, just to keep the freedom going? Am I the only one detecting some contradiction here?
The United States is FULL of mosques with some of the biggest minarets I have seen, how did the Minarets in the United States affect the democracy in the United States? They never did.
What's next? A ban on Muslim books in Switzerland so that they protect the freedom of the Swiss people?
I am telling you folks, the Swiss have shot themselves in the foot. They had a once in a lifetime opportunity to show the extremist Muslims that Muslims can live with all their rights intact in Europe without allowing extremist Islam to flourish amongst them. But now the Swiss blew it, now all over the Muslim world Switzerland will be put on the spot as a Muslim hating country, though Muslims have never hurt or hated Switzerland overall.
They are free to do what they want, but in a world where relations matter, the Swiss should expect a big negative impact on many aspects of their lives, such as their economic relations, diplomatic, tourism, trade....etc All of that in the name of protecting freedom of expression while doing the opposite. I am going to sit back and watch that unfold.
These people became so afraid of extremist Muslims to a point where they:
A- Became the people they hated
B- Gave grounds for extremism to flourish in Switzerland because now the extremist will start preaching to the moderates in Switzerland that democracy doesn't respect their rights and only extremist Islam can protect them from others.
Thank God I live in the United States, where a bullshit law like that wouldn't have even passed the smell test.
you're surprised at anti-muslim attitudes in Europe? :\
they're like our Mexicans.
Please explain how a minaret is a threat to democracy.
You're fulla crap, matey.