A minaret is an building design .. a specific design can be banned,, as long as they don't belong the religion. I understand the racism I like a lot of muslim men or at least the ones I know.. the ladies are a different matter. Allan
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:45 PM, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote: > In a referendum last Sunday, 57.5% of the Swiss voted to ban minarets. > > As right-wing populists cheered and liberal multi-culturalists were > shocked, the Swiss decision reflects a deep problem for western > democracies, particularly in Europe. How do you integrate a religious > culture into a pluralist society, which has mutual tolerance as one of > its basic principles, when significant groups in that culture reject > many principles of that society which is trying to integrate them? Is > this a signal that the meeting between western societies and Islam > leads to irreconcilable differences? Or is the Swiss vote basically, > or partly, an expression of deep-seated racism and subjective views of > cultural superiority? > > Some background: > > http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,664231,00.html > > Francis > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > > -- ( ) I_D Allan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
