Swiss voters approve minaret ban. Prepare for international shitstorm in 3. 2. 1.....

[rd_kent]

The Swiss have approved a ban on the construction of minarets, according to incomplete results of voting on Sunday.

The gfs.bern polling institute said an estimated 59 per cent of voters had backed the initiative. A majority of cantons were also in support of a minaret ban.

The result, if confirmed, comes as a major surprise and a slap in the face of the government. Opinion polls ahead of the vote had predicted the ban would be rejected by 53 per cent of the electorate



http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Minaret_ban_approved_incomplete_results_show.html?siteSect=105&sid=11553929&cKey=1259497991000&ty=st

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This should be interesting. I wonder how many fatwas will be issued.

[DrDan]

1. at least the issue went to the voters . . .

[JoeyT]

2. Good for them.

Can we ban churches now? :P

[CanonRay]

3. You beat me to it!

LOL! :toast:

[madrchsod]

5. only churches with steeples....

[madrchsod]

4. "onward christian soldiers......"

i guess the crusades have never ended

[asjr]

6. I wish minarets were the only thing

we in America had to worry about. That would be about 1,099 on my list of things I want to change.

[msongs]

7. the intolerant protesting the intolerant. nothing new there nt

[rd_kent]

8. Posts that make no sense or have an explaination from you. Nothing new here.

Care to elaborate or will this just be a drive by posting?

[Odin2005]

9. Lets ban steeples, too!

:evilgrin: