It is About Time - Swiss Take Steps to Stop Miranets

From a National Review Blogger Nov 30, 2009 ( A Line in the Air)

"The Swiss have just taken the significant step of banning the building of minarets. Right across the continent of Europe this ban is sure to have important repercussions.




Some will say that here is evidence of racism and xenophobia, while others will hold that the Swiss are people who believe in their historic identity, and Muslims who wish to live in Switzerland will have to respect it.


The ban follows quite a bit of contention which started when the king of Saudi Arabia bought a house on the shore of Lake Geneva. Launching a building program without first obtaining the requisite permits, he was obliged to stop and pull down extensions. Geneva already had a mosque, and when the Saudis wanted to build another one, the city fathers replied that permission would be granted only when the Saudis reciprocated by allowing the building of a church in Saudi Arabia. ...."

More at the link above, but this is a step in the right direction. When one reads the article one will find that, contrary to the PC crowd, the citizens voted for this restriction. It is about time that nation states understand that the thing that makes them unique nations states is their internal culture, and that to the extent one keeps the internal culture so too is kept the State.