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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 12 > Swiss to vote on ban of Muslim minarets

Swiss to vote on ban of Muslim minarets


July 12, 2008

BERN, Switzerland — Switzerland will hold a nationwide referendum on whether to ban the construction of minarets where Muslims traditionally issue the call to prayer, officials said.

Swiss nationalists have collected enough signatures to force a vote on the ban, the Interior Ministry....

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