Outrage on Swiss minaret vote, but how do Muslim states handle churches?

Swiss minaret vote leads to Muslim anger, but the Swiss aren’t alone in restricting religious freedom.

Minarets on mosques in Switzerland

Muslim reaction across the world to Sunday’s Swiss referendum banning the construction of further minarets for mosques in the tiny Alpine nation has been almost entirely negative.

Indonesia’s Maskuri Abdillah, leader of the largest Muslim organization in the world’s most populous Muslim nation said the vote reflected Swiss “hatred” of Islam and Muslims.

Egyptian Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, close to the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, said the ban was an attempt to “insult the feelings of the Muslim community in and outside Switzerland.”

Yet the referendums outcome pales in comparison to restrictions on non-Muslims who aim to practice their faith in Muslim lands. In fact, the vote only brought Swiss legal practice closer to that of many majority Muslim states that also place limits on the construction of houses of worship.
[…Here’s a review of practices in four large majority Muslim states…]

– Source / Full Story: Outrage on Swiss minaret vote, but how do Muslim states handle churches? , Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 30, 2009 — Summarized by Religion News Blog

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