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| Swiss minaret ban violates Muslim rights: Arabs |
| 2009-12-02 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Arab League chief Amr Moussa on Tuesday denounced a vote in Switzerland that banned the construction of any further minarets as the top United Nations rights official said the ban was linked to a growing wave of "anti-foreigner scaremongering." Moussa, who heads the 22-member organization, told reporters that the ban, approved by almost 58 percent of Swiss voters on Sunday, was a "violation of the rights of Muslims living in Switzerland." He added that he hoped "the issue will be treated by resorting to the authorities and human rights courts." Muslim leaders and rights groups have condemned the ban, which will be included in Switzerland's constitution. The alpine country's four existing minarets will not be affected. Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said on Tuesday the ban endangered security. "The reality of our societies, in Europe and in the world (is that) every blow to the co-existence of different cultures and religions also endangers our security," she said, according to a written transcript of her speech in Greece which was released by the ministry. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 Elementary civil rights and human rights of non-Muslims in the west are under siege. The OIC (including our Afghan and Turkish allies) is officially calling for sharia restrictions to be imposed on non-Muslims in Europe and America. Prominent critics of Islam are marked men and women, they will be hunted for the rest of their lives. Moderate and friendly arab states like Jordan are waging a campaign of legal terror directed against these unfortunate individuals (international arrest warrants etc). Politicians in the west have mostly acquiesced. Major institutions in the US no longer really believe that the 1st Amendment is the law of the land (Yale, MSM, Comedy Central, Hollywood won't show/print what is prohibited by sharia, for fear of their lives). Western countries as a whole have become finlandized jokes. And now I am supposed to be alarmed by a "violation of Muslim Rights"? Why, all of a sudden? |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Gromolet6841 2009-12-02 17:49 |
| #10 Meanwhile, in most Muslim majority tyrannies, churches and synagogues and temples cannot be built. Bosnia - a heavy beneficiary of US aid - prohibits even maintenance of churches. Go Swiss!!! |
| Posted by: Enver Crerens8778 2009-12-02 15:34 |
| #9 Islam violates human rights |
| Posted by: Ulaimble Dark Lord of the Poles8907 2009-12-02 13:21 |
| #8 what are "muslim Rights" 1. to be very offended by anything that doesnt have its origins within the offendees ego. 2. to wantonly maim or kill women who dont find the offendee to be "the best ever" 3. to insist that all cultures subscribe to the offendees ideas as law. 4. to be a dirty sand monkey ( I couldnt resist ) |
| Posted by: 746 2009-12-02 11:28 |
| #7 Note to muslims living in Switzerland that are offended by this vote: Go Home. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-12-02 11:10 |
| #6 He added that he hoped "the issue will be treated by resorting to the authorities and human rights courts." There is the incomprehension: in the West, the people can have a say in how their affairs are sorted out- without having a street riot. Very few in the ME/SWA really understand that concept. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2009-12-02 07:38 |
| #5 4,790,537 at least! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-12-02 07:04 |
| #4 g(r)om, so that makes Switzerland the 4,790,544th holiest place in Islam, right? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-12-02 07:00 |
| #3 What, no report of the veiled threats to loose the youts and have a couple of car-b-ques? Remember where Muzzi elites keep their cash. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-12-02 03:55 |
| #2 So how soon can the Catholic Church start construction in Mecca? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-12-02 03:06 |
| #1 What, no report of the veiled threats to loose the youts and have a couple of car-b-ques? Go figure. The poor, poor victims... |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-12-02 01:21 |