Reply To: Swiss Ban on Minarets

charliehall- as far as your comment about schools in spain and ireland- if this the way you want a jewish educational system to work, you are at odds with just about everyone.

as far as crosses and minarets- i fail to see how what i said is not relevant. in germany and france, they have banned students from wearing crosses in class. the Europena high court tried the sem in italy and the italians todl them o go jump in lake como.

my point was that there are already many limitations by governements on religious symbols and places. Clearly in many occasions ,this has been to the detriment of Jews (like shechita in switzerland). nonetheless, this is a fact and jews live with it. Hence, I am not worried that a ban on minarets will bring more bans on jewish customs and buildings. if – g-d forbid- it does, then jews should vote with their feet.

I do repeat that this hasn othing to do with freedom of relgion- the muslims in switzerand continue to be muslims and have many active places of worship. it is a reaction to the “in your face’ attitude of moslems in that country and ther genuine fear that their country is becoming “islamicized”. if you see what has been happening all over europe, this is well founded fear.