It took me by surprise that news on the ban of erecting minaret passed recently through a referendum in Switzerland has stirred scant attention and comment among Muslims, including in Indonesia.
It seems that news on the recent bank scandal that has plagued the country over the last few months has overwhelmed Muslims in Jakarta and other major cities in Indonesia.
As I perused through national and local newspapers, comments by Muslim figures were hardly heard on this “incidence” in Switzerland, neither on electronic and nor print media.
The ban itself might not qualify to be an “explosive” issue that strikes the Muslim nerve. Apparently the incident pales in comparison to Salman Rushdie Affair, for instance.
However, the fear circulating in Switzerland right after the referendum is that it will provoke an aggressive response from the Muslim world as people learn of the past incident of the Danish cartoon on the Prophet Muhammad.
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