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Tue 12 Dec 2009Concern over Swiss vote to ban building of minarets
THE DECISION of Swiss voters to ban the construction of new minarets was criticised by human rights agencies but welcomed by European anti-immigrant political parties.
French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner said he was “a bit shocked” at the vote, adding he hoped the decision would be quickly reversed. “It’s an expression of intolerance and I detest intolerance,” Mr Kouchner said on French radio.
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