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Wed 11 Nov 2009Swiss poll on minaret ban at mosques
WHEN SWISS voters go to the polls this weekend, they face a decision far more significant than the usual referendum issues of transport and schools.
Sunday’s vote is on whether the Swiss want minarets banned from mosques. The initiative comes from the right-wing populist People’s Party (SVP) and, in keeping with recent tradition, the party has has rammed its point home with a poster. This time it shows a woman clad in a black burka before a Swiss flag dotted with black, missile-shaped minarets.
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