What importance has the recent Swiss referendum to ban the building of minarets
?
Some may see the 57.5 percent to 42.5% decision endorsing a constitutional amendment as nearly meaningless. The political establishment being overwhelmingly opposed to the amendment, the ban will probably never go into effect. Only 53.4% of the electorate voted, so a mere 31% of the whole population endorses the ban. The ban does not address Islamist aspirations, much less Muslim terrorism. It has no impact on the practice of Islam. It prevents neither the building of new mosques nor requires that Switzerland's four existing minarets be de
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