The Swiss Ban on Minarets: A Possible Turning Point

by Daniel Pipes November 30, 2009 Cross-posted from National Review Online: The Corner  Zurich’s main train station had many posters in favor of the minaret ban. Credit: Arnd Wiegmann On ...

Swiss vote to ban Islamic minarets

GENEVA – Swiss voters approved a move to ban the construction of minarets in a Sunday vote on a right-wing initiative that labeled the mosque towers as symbols of militant ...