Switzerland voted to ban the building of Minarets

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Those 3 turks threatened Fr. Akbulut to tell him that he should be lucky that he is living in turkey and he hasn't been killed or something. That Father shouldn't have said things like "they don't approve the minaret ban" and "Switzerland should not ban to build a minaret". He played into their hands. That's exactly why those 3 turks came to threaten him to demolish his Church's bell tower. Those turks play a lot of mind games with their Christian minorities. It's something terrible.

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Kadhafi seeks jihad on Switzerland because of minaret ban.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.0e4477c760875565c06c17a58a6fecb1.9c1&show_article=1

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/gaddafi-calls-for-jihad-against-swiss/story-e6frf7jx-1225834571000

Gaddafi calls for jihad against Swiss From correspondents in Bengazi From: AFP February 26, 2010 6:13AM Increase Text SizeDecrease Text SizePrintEmail Share
Add to DiggAdd to del.icio.usAdd to FacebookAdd to KwoffAdd to MyspaceAdd to NewsvineWhat are these?LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi has turned up the heat in his country's dispute with Switzerland, calling for jihad against it over a ban on the construction of minarets.
"It is against unbelieving and apostate Switzerland that jihad (holy war) ought to be proclaimed by all means," Mr Gaddafi said in a speech in the Mediterranean coastal city of Bengazi to mark the birthday of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed.

"Jihad against Switzerland, against Zionism, against foreign aggression is not terrorism," he said.

"Any Muslim around the world who has dealings with Switzerland is an infidel (and is) against Islam, against Mohammed, against God, against the Koran," the leader told a crowd of thousands in a speech broadcast live on television.

In a November 29 referendum, Swiss voters approved by a margin of 57.5 per cent a ban on the construction in their country of minarets, the towers that are a signature part of mosques.

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Relations between Libya and Switzerland have been strained since July 2008, when Mr Gaddafi's son, Hannibal, and his wife were arrested and briefly held in Geneva after two domestic workers complained he had mistreated them.

The row escalated when Libya swiftly detained and confiscated the passports of two Swiss businessmen, Rashid Hamdani and Max Goeldi. It deepened again last year when a tentative deal between the countries fell apart.

Both men were convicted of overstaying their visas and of engaging in illegal business activities. Hamdani's conviction was overturned in January, and he has returned home, while Goeldi surrendered to authorities this week and is serving a reduced sentence of four months.

Adoption of the minaret ban was an unexpected outcome. It had been opposed by the Swiss government, the bulk of Switzerland's political parties and the economic establishment.

The ban drew widespread criticism, with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay calling it "deeply discriminatory, deeply divisive and a thoroughly unfortunate step for Switzerland to take".

The Swiss government sought to assure its 400,000 Muslims, who are mainly of Balkan and Turkish origin, that the outcome was "not a rejection of the Muslim community, religion or culture".

Switzerland has about 200 mosques, with just four minarets among them.