The Swiss are voting in a referendum on whether to ban the building of minarets in Switzerland, proposed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party.
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More than 57% of Swiss voters have backed a proposal from the right-wing Swiss People’s Party to ban the construction of minarets. The government and parliament had rejected the initiative as unconstitutional.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a radio interview on Monday that he was "shocked" by Switzerland’s referendum vote to ban mosque minarets.
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Swiss vote on banning minarets
