Swiss Ban Does Not Violate Human Rights

[selkie_queen]

So I saw on the news last night that the Swiss people voted to outlaw the mosque minaret and today on Yahoo I see a few more articles on it. The basic vote outlaws the construction of new minarets but allowed pre-existing ones to remain. To me, this is like saying Christian churches can't be built with bell towers, oh well, you don't really need a

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[anonymous]

There are around 150 mosques in Switzerland and only four of them had minarets. That tells you that minarets are not a key part of the Islamic faith and if anything, the vote should tell those Swiss Muslims that they may need to invest in a positive P.R. campaign. Their construction has been limited and Muslims forced to compromise. Also, you are suggesting that a religious group that has been stigmatized and misrepresented since the 8th century AD is "responsible for a better PR campaign". Madam, you have just failed History 101.

Don't be fooled, the average Muslim will condemn a suicide bomber or terrorist, but they aren't really going out of their way to report suspicious activities either. Neither would a Christian, a Buddhist, a Hindu, a Jew, a Sabian, or a Catholic. It's called the Bystander Effect. You Fail Sociology Forever.

this is a rant about the proper response to an offensive vote. THIS is a response to an offensive practice of Islamophobia that is so pervasive, even you think yourself free of it.

[selkie_queen]

I don't know you and you don't know me so you have no idea of my level of education in history or sociology. Please don't tell me that I don't know history when I have a very good background. I don't think the vote was a good thing, it was rude, but it wasn't a human right's violation. I looked up my facts, minarets are not a necessity and many mosques don't use them anymore. Technology has replaced the need for them, the vote was prejudice, but it did nothing to restrict the religion itself