Argh, Francis, with your Irish-catholic background you have morphed into such a Gutmensch that it is almost unbearable.
On 2 Dez., 23:28, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2 Dez., 17:58, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote:> Fantastic news > and, despite what you say, very progressive! :) > > Er, Ian, I don't believe I personally put forward any opinion as to > the progressive, or otherwise nature of the decision of the Swiss > people in my original post. I simply formulated some of the questions > which are being publicly discussed in Europe following the referendum. > > Formally, the Swiss simply decided to forbid the building of minarets > in their country. No more, no less. Symbolically, of course, writing > this prohibition into Swiss law means much more - indeed, many > different things to different people. Personally, I would incline to > the view that what can and cannot be built is more a matter for local > authorities and their procedures for granting planning permission. A > well-designed mosque with minaret may well improve certain urban > landscapes from an architectural/aesthetic perspective, just as many > badly designed and situated Christian churches are simply ugly and > just don't fit in where they are. > > The much deeper question of Islam and the relationship between it, as > a religious-cultural-political Weltanschauung and western societies > and the values they (we) see as being basic to their (our) self- > understanding is complex and multi-facetted. My hope is that this > thread may take up some of these issues. > > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
