MOSQUES IN SWITZERLAND MAY HAVE NO MINARETS

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.11.2009 19:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Swiss authorities have appointed a date for holding
a nationwide referendum on constitutional amendments banning minarets
construction. Voting is due on November 29.

A few years back, the issue was raised by Swiss People’s Party (SPP)
which held victory in 2007 parliamentary elections. The party called
for ban on minarets fearing a creeping Islamicisation. In the summer of
2008, SPP collected almost 115,000 signatures for holding a referendum,
BBC News reports.

Islam is the second largest religion in Switzerland which has 400
thousand Muslims living on its territory (with the total population
being 7.7 million). The country has 3 mosques with minarets.