A pivotal theme in current Islamic political discourse is a demand for justice, a key tenet of the Quran. A popular complaint in Islamic political arg...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
On last night's "Daily Show", correspondent John Oliver followed up a segment on a recent vote in Switzerland to ban the building of minarets with an ...
AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.25.2011
GENEVA — A Swiss ban on minarets could violate fundamental liberties, Europe's top human-rights watchdog said Monday in an indication that the h...
AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 05.25.2011
GENEVA — The United Nations called Switzerland's ban on new minarets "clearly discriminatory" and deeply divisive, and the Swiss foreign ministe...
Ahmed Rehab | Posted 05.25.2011
To ban an architectural form that scares you is a thing of prehistoric naiveté.The shortsightedness of the anti-minaret campaign is fueled by more than fear. It is fueled by hate.
AP | ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS | Posted 05.25.2011
GENEVA — Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets on Sunday, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers in a ...
Hisham Wyne | Posted 05.25.2011
Europe is creeping towards old habits of intolerance. Fascism has found a happy home in Europe before, and there are days when it appears contemporary Europe suffers nostalgia.
Joan Z. Shore | Posted 05.25.2011
To say the Swiss are not trustworthy would be an understatement. But their massive vote against minarets is a different story.
AP | ELIANE ENGELER | Posted 05.25.2011
GENEVA — The campaign posters are inflammatory: Minarets rising like missiles from the national flag. A proposal championed by right-wing parti...
Ziyad Motala | Posted 05.25.2011