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Jen the Michigander


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Swiss Vote Bans Muslim Minarets (Newsmax 11/29/09)
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A short article, so I'll post the whole thing...

http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/switzerland_minarets_ban/2009/11/29/291789.html

Over 57 percent of Swiss voters on Sunday approved a blanket ban on the construction of Muslim minarets, according to official results posted by Swiss news agency ATS.

A final tally of 26 cantons indicates that 57.5 percent of the population have voted in favour of the ban on minarets -- the turrets or towers attached on mosques from where Muslims are called to prayer.

Only four cantons rejected the proposal brought by Switzerland's biggest party -- the Swiss People's Party (SVP), which claims that minarets symbolise a "political-religious claim to power."

The SVP had forced a referendum under Swiss regulations on the issue after collecting 100,000 signatures within 18 months from eligible voters.

The Swiss government was firmly against the call, arguing that accepting a ban would bring about "incomprehension overseas and harm Switzerland's image."

Switzerland has an uneasy relationship with its Muslim population of some 400,000 in a country of 7.5 million people. Islam is the second largest religion here after Christianity.

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A very smart decision on the Swiss's part.  Islam is NOT a religion of peace,  but one of abuse and hatred and intolerance.  When you are directed to KILL those who do not believe as you do, it's time to drastically alter your religion or abandon it altogether.

Love your pic of Hillary, Jen!wink

-- Edited by Alex on Monday 30th of November 2009 11:37:30 AM

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I guess this makes me a racist but I don't care. Islam is not a religion. I will never understand why these islam people move to free nations, then bitch and moan about the way things are done and demand their new country do things their way.

Send the lot of them who refuse is assimilate back to where they came from.  I am sick of countries being too afraid to kick them out and cow tow to them.

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Alex wrote:

A very smart decision on the Swiss's part.  Islam is NOT a religion of peace,  but one of abuse and hatred and intolerance.  When you are directed to KILL those who do not believe as you do, it's time to drastically alter your religion or abandon it altogether.

Love your pic of Hillary, Jen!wink

-- Edited by Alex on Monday 30th of November 2009 11:37:30 AM



Also, Europe isn't like the United States. Here, diverse groups of people (including some Muslims) can and do assimilate and become Americans. But no matter how long an Arab-Muslim immigrant lives in Switzerland, he will never be Swiss. He also cannot be French. Or German. Or Polish. Or Czech. Or whatever. It's the same in some Asian countries-- I could move to Japan or South Korea, but I could never be Japanese or Korean, no matter how long I stayed there or how well I learned to speak the language. That's just the way it is.

And yes, my Baby Hillary sig pic from Hillary's Village is back, just in time for the holidays. smile.gif


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