Today's Picture: Protesting Swiss Ban on Minaret Construction

November 30, 2009 RSS Feed Print
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By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country

Marchers surround a model minaret in Geneva, Switzerland to protest the results of a new constitutional ban on constructing minarets, or mosque towers. Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved the ban at the polls the day before.

(AP Photo / Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)

Marchers surround a model minaret in Geneva today to protest a new Swiss constitutional ban on constructing minarets, or mosque towers. The nation's voters overwhelmingly approved the ban at the polls yesterday.

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Muslims should not be accorded privileges they themselves deny other people in their own countries. They are killing Christians in various Muslim countries; they have already effectively removed the Jews from the Muslim world by violent means; and they penalize anyone who does not believe in God, either by murdering them or at best by ostracizing them in their own societies. Given all of that, why should they be given rights they deny others?

Husam Dughman 10:06AM December 01, 2009

Anyone that is not worried about the muslim expansion throughout the world is either a muslim, a politician, or irrational. Before they became wealthy and empowered with petro-dollars, they were incapable of spreading their childish religion along with its hatred and intolerance beyond their borders. Face it, they can’t even agree amongst themselves without bloodshed. The barbarism, intolerance and uncivilized behavior of the extremists has tarnished the image of all muslims. So, if there is one extremist in a group of a million muslims, I have come to believe that it is safer and more prudent to eliminate the entire crowd than to accept that risk, given how barbaric and ruthless these zealots have become. And, if the other 999,999 muslims in the group are unwilling to eliminate or even identify the extremist that lives among them, (as current events have proven) then why should we have to accept an imminent mortal threat.

Immediately after 9-11, I purchased and read “An authentic translation” of the Holy Koran. It went on to explained that it was impossible for the book to be translated exactly, because there are, in some cases, no reciprocal words or meaning. That in fact, was absolutely true. There are so many unbelievable statements that seem so foreign to a civilized person or a person who has evolved during the past 1,500 years. One statement in particular was very defining of the book, the religion, the society, and the level of human evolution of those that adhere to its teachings. The Koran was explicit in instructing a man what to do as the third means of correction, of a wife who remains disobedient – “You beat her”.

So, to the Swiss, I congratulate you for taking control of your country’s welfare and not bending to the condescending pseudo-intellectual elitists in order to be “politically correct”. What rational modern day society would jeopardize its citizenry by accepting those who, have yet to evolve, who believe in and practice barbarism, and whose ultimate goal is to convert or slay!

Dave of FL 12:49AM December 01, 2009

All of the eight BIG PROTESTER MARCH member is wearing THE COMPUTER on them...

Just anather award winner HAZARD massengers in action...

to the photograph: We all got you very clever point... so go home and update your "highly funny" NETTWORK...

adrean 10:38PM November 30, 2009

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Dan Gilgoff covers religion for U.S. News & World Report. He is the author of The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War, and is a former politics editor at beliefnet. E-mail Dan at godandcountry@usnews.com.

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