Comments on: Hey Switzerland: We Don’t Need Your Minarets http://trueslant.com/arsalaniftikhar/2009/11/30/hey-switzerland-we-dont-need-your-minarets/ The Muslim Guy Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:41:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: daisychain http://trueslant.com/arsalaniftikhar/2009/11/30/hey-switzerland-we-dont-need-your-minarets/comment-page-1/#comment-109 daisychain Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:25:44 +0000 http://trueslant.com/arsalaniftikhar/?p=601#comment-109 I cannot believe that a human rights lawyer can write such drivel that "Although a direct political slap in the face to its Swiss Muslim citizens, European Muslims should politically turn the other cheek". Muslims have every right to protest peacefully through the politically process against what constitutes as an assault on their freedom to practice their religion. A Swiss ban on minarets opposes upholding the religious freedom of its citizens. It violates and discriminates the right of Muslims to practice their religion. If minarets are banned then should Church spires also be banned? If spires are allowed, then does this not constitute as religious discrimination? If mosques are allowed, how does a minaret on a mosque constitute a political symbol? How is it that the existing four minarets do not pose a threat to Switzerland and causing political anarchy? Also just because a small percentage of Muslims are "practicing" do minorities not have the same human rights? I cannot believe that a human rights lawyer can write such drivel that “Although a direct political slap in the face to its Swiss Muslim citizens, European Muslims should politically turn the other cheek”.

Muslims have every right to protest peacefully through the politically process against what constitutes as an assault on their freedom to practice their religion. A Swiss ban on minarets opposes upholding the religious freedom of its citizens. It violates and discriminates the right of Muslims to practice their religion. If minarets are banned then should Church spires also be banned? If spires are allowed, then does this not constitute as religious discrimination?

If mosques are allowed, how does a minaret on a mosque constitute a political symbol? How is it that the existing four minarets do not pose a threat to Switzerland and causing political anarchy?

Also just because a small percentage of Muslims are “practicing” do minorities not have the same human rights?

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