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  • Swiss ban on minarets draws widespread condemnation 30 Nov 2009 18:39 GMT
    ... , Monday 30 November 2009 18.12 GMT A minaret ... cultural centre in Wangen bei Olten, north-western Switzerland. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Muslim leaders from ... the defensive, engaged in damage limitation. In Brussels, the Swiss justice minister, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, who ...

  • Swiss ban on minarets condemned 30 Nov 2009 19:04 GMT
    ... , Monday 30 November 2009 18.12 GMT A minaret ... cultural centre in Wangen bei Olten, north-western Switzerland. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Muslim leaders from ... the defensive, engaged in damage limitation. In Brussels, the Swiss justice minister, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, who ...

  • Minaret ban targets fundamentalism: Swiss minister 30 Nov 2009 15:25 GMT
    ... Brussels: Switzerland says the country's new ban on the building of minarets is not aimed at ...

  • Swiss Ban Serves Rightists: EU Muslims 5 Dec 2009 07:33 GMT
    ... Bern, December 05: The success of Switzerland’s rightists ... the West, Muslim leaders have warned. “The Swiss ban would encourage rightists in other countries ... calls by right-wing parties in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy to hold similar votes on minaret ...

  • Rights watchdog hints Swiss minaret ban could go... 1 Dec 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... Rights watchdog hints Swiss minaret ban could go Monday, ... against the results of a vote in Switzerland at the Place Neuve square in Geneva, ... said. Associated Press writers Robert Wielaard in Brussels, Rod McGuirk in Jakarta, Ingrid Rousseau in ...

  • Swiss minister: Minaret ban targets fundamentalism 30 Nov 2009 15:15 GMT
    ... Foreign, domestic anger at Swiss minaret ban A ... against the results of a vote in Switzerland at the Place Neuve square in Geneva, ... said. Associated Press writers Robert Wielaard in Brussels, Rod McGuirk in Jakarta, Ingrid Rousseau in ...

  • Rights watchdog hints Swiss minaret ban could go 30 Nov 2009 19:00 GMT
    ... Rights watchdog hints Swiss minaret ban could go A ... against the results of a vote in Switzerland at the Place Neuve square in Geneva, ... said. Associated Press writers Robert Wielaard in Brussels, Rod McGuirk in Jakarta, Ingrid Rousseau in ...

  • Foreign, domestic anger at Swiss minaret ban 30 Nov 2009 15:30 GMT
    ... GENEVA (AP) -- A top Swiss official said Monday ... Zurich daily Blick cited Widmer-Schlumpf as saying. Switzerland currently presides over the court. The vote ... said. Associated Press writers Robert Wielaard in Brussels, Rod McGuirk in Jakarta, Ingrid Rousseau in ...

  • Foreign, domestic anger at Swiss minaret ban 30 Nov 2009 16:02 GMT
    ... GENEVA (AP) - A top Swiss official said Monday ... Zurich daily Blick cited Widmer-Schlumpf as saying. Switzerland currently presides over the court. The vote ... said. Associated Press writers Robert Wielaard in Brussels, Rod McGuirk in Jakarta, Ingrid Rousseau in ...

  • Lebanese Shiite cleric lashes out at Swiss minaret ban 30 Nov 2009 16:21 GMT
    ... Geneva - The United Nations said Monday it aimed ... on the building of new minarets in Switzerland as a result of the country's referendum ... winning the battle of ideas on t... Brussels - Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum ...

  • Leaders condemn Swiss minaret ban 30 Nov 2009 16:43 GMT
    ... and I detest intolerance. "I hope the Swiss will reverse this decision quickly." But Marine ... as saying by Agence France Presse. In Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands, anti-immigrant movements called ... similar measures. "What can be done in Switzerland, can be done here," said Geert Wilders, ...

  • UN to examine legality of Swiss minaret ban 30 Nov 2009 16:50 GMT
    ... Berlin ­ Switzerland's vote to ban the building of minarets ... winning the battle of ideas on t... Brussels - Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum ...

  • Foreign, domestic anger at Swiss minaret ban 30 Nov 2009 16:55 GMT
    ... Foreign, domestic anger at Swiss minaret ban By ... the call to prayer is compatible with Switzerland's constitution and international human rights law. Justice ... said. Associated Press writers Robert Wielaard in Brussels, Rod McGuirk in Jakarta, Ingrid Rousseau in ...

  • UN to examine legality of Swiss minaret ban 30 Nov 2009 17:20 GMT
    ... Berlin ­ Switzerland's vote to ban the building of minarets ... winning the battle of ideas on t... Brussels - Swedish Minister for Migration and Asylum ...

  • Rights watchdog hints Swiss minaret ban could go 30 Nov 2009 19:00 GMT
    ... GENEVA (AP) -- A Swiss ban on minarets could ... Europe said that banning "new minarets in Switzerland raises concerns as to whether fundamental rights ... said. Associated Press writers Robert Wielaard in Brussels, Rod McGuirk in Jakarta, Ingrid Rousseau in ...


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