In Switzerland, one of the highest democratic states in the world , Minarets - PRAYER TOWERS are Banned! This LAW was approved by a referendum by Swiss citizens. In Sri Lanka building prayer towers and mosque in every corner is increasingly becoming a menace which is major cause of Sound pollution and religious disharmony.
WE must pressurize our MP s to put forward a white paper in parliament Banning mosques and prayer towers in Sri Lanka, and to have a referendum ASAP on this matter.
Please make your Vote count~!!
WE must pressurize our MP s to put forward a white paper in parliament Banning mosques and prayer towers in Sri Lanka, and to have a referendum ASAP on this matter.
Please make your Vote count~!!
GENEVA — In a vote that displayed a widespread anxiety about Islam and undermined the country’s reputation for religious tolerance, the Swiss on Sunday overwhelmingly imposed a national ban on the construction of minarets, the prayer towers of mosques, in a referendum drawn up by the far right and opposed by the government.
Alessandro Della Bella/European Pressphoto Agency
An illuminated minaret in Zurich. New ones are banned.
The referendum, which passed with a clear majority of 57.5 percent of the voters and in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, was a victory for the right. The vote against was 42.5 percent. Because the ban gained a majority of votes and passed in a majority of the cantons, it will be added to the Constitution.
The Swiss Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but the rightist Swiss People’s Party, or S.V.P., and a small religious party had proposed inserting a single sentence banning the construction of minarets, leading to the referendum.
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