Sunday, 29. November 2009
Topic: STRANGE - on November 29, 2009 at 1:04:00 PM CET
Swiss vote to ban new minarets too close for comfort
A threatening image dominates Switzerland’s streets in the form of a dark woman dressed in a Muslim niqab veil, looming over a Swiss flag covered with missile-like minarets with a call to vote “yes” in a referendum on Sunday to ban minarets on mosques here. The posters clearly seek to tap into the concerns of the country’s traditionally Christian majority about increased immigration from Muslim countries.
