tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post7233150431559172650..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): Swiss architecture foolishnessJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-75464195966298848622009-12-09T07:10:02.910+00:002009-12-09T07:10:02.910+00:00Steve is right. Perhaps unsurprisingly, in France,...Steve is right. Perhaps unsurprisingly, in France, Nicolas Sarkozy has made general comments in support of the swiss ban on Minarets (even if most of the Left here have condemned the ban, which is unheard of, the Left in France being sadly very islamophobic.)John Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04936937247932651511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-89315292035589348032009-12-02T15:25:53.602+00:002009-12-02T15:25:53.602+00:00Good post.
It just shows we need to expose those ...Good post.<br /><br />It just shows we need to expose those anti-Muslim bigots, whether or not they are dressed in suits, as the Swiss People's party are, or in the form of the English Defence League.ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-85374065562184435372009-11-30T00:07:50.406+00:002009-11-30T00:07:50.406+00:00This bothers me because the islamophobes here and ...This bothers me because the islamophobes here and elsewhere will cite it as an example. Frothing lunatic hatred is going mainstream. Suits the establishment. Divide and Rule. Same ole same ole.Steve Durranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027183695613007167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-48567547320582815192009-11-30T00:01:34.700+00:002009-11-30T00:01:34.700+00:00This would be an abomination in any democratic soc...This would be an abomination in any democratic society, but for Switzerland it is a betrayal of the fundamental founding principles of the nation – religious tolerance. Many of the Muslims in Switzerland are from former Yugoslavia, an ancient European Muslim people who offer the best hope of developing a civic Islam. They are also refugees from a country where destroying minarets was symbolic of the ethnic cleansing of villages and towns.<br />Switzerland is a member of the Council of Europe, ergo a signatory of the European Convention on Human Rights. Article 9 of the ECHU, provides for: “Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs shall be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of public safety, for the protection of public order, health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others” I hope there is a challenge in the European Court of Human Rights. Switzerland is part of a community of nations if it wants to be part of EFTA and the Council of Europe it must behave like a civilised country.David Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074466074735623957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-62619903887599934832009-11-29T22:37:16.723+00:002009-11-29T22:37:16.723+00:00very disturbing, getting a lot of comments on my b...very disturbing, getting a lot of comments on my blog from people who think Muslims have three heads.<br /><br />may be we need to boycott fondue sets.Derek Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-51286277519069797862009-11-29T21:22:32.022+00:002009-11-29T21:22:32.022+00:00Do you know what - I don't think I used the wo...Do you know what - I don't think I used the word racism in the entire post (apart from the tag) - I've no idea how that happened as the entire time I was typing this I was thinking "what a bunch of racist a-holes"Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-57619949728604260132009-11-29T21:17:26.696+00:002009-11-29T21:17:26.696+00:00This isn't a question of "Swiss Foolishne...This isn't a question of "Swiss Foolishness" - this is a question of SWISS RACISM.Gregory A. Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03374609410496310741noreply@blogger.com