Why the Swiss Were Right to Prohibit Construction of Minarets
“Islam, unlike Christianity, has a political dimension”
It certainly seems to me that christianity in the US has a political dimension. It’s nearly impossible to be elected/appointed to any high office in the US without professing a faith in god. There are more muslims in the US congress than atheists. The closest non-cabinet confidantes of presidents seem to be priests.
From what little I know of this (which isn’t much, I admit), this whole minaret ban thing grew out of a stoush over a single minaret that was built over the wishes of local residents. Personally, I side with them – residents of a neighborhood should have some say in what gets built there. But chancers managed to seriously hijack what should have been a sensible change to legislation and made a right fool of their country.
At the moment there are four, yes FOUR, minarets in switzerland. The place isn’t exactly overrun with the things. Get a grip.
