Muslims threaten Priest in 'moderate' Turkey. Typical Muslim reaction to Swiss ban on minarets.

No minarets have been destroyed in
Switzerland. The people voted to ban
new construction of minarets, not destroy
existing minarets. This is how Muslims
react,with threats and intimidation. If
that does not work then they will resort
to violence.

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Turks Threaten to Kill Priest over Swiss Minaret Decision


ISTANBUL, December 15 (CDN) — In response to a Swiss vote banning the construction of new mosque minarets, a group of Muslims this month went into a church building in eastern Turkey and threatened to kill a priest unless he tore down its bell tower, according to an advocacy group.

Three Muslims on Dec. 4 entered the Meryem Ana Church, a Syriac Orthodox church in Diyarbakir, and confronted the Rev. Yusuf Akbulut. They told him that unless the bell tower was destroyed in one week, they would kill him.

“If Switzerland is demolishing our minarets, we will demolish your bell towers too,” one of the men told Akbulut.

The threats came in reaction to a Nov. 29 referendum in Switzerland in which 57 percent voted in favor of banning the construction of new minarets in the country. Swiss lawmakers must now change the national constitution to reflect the referendum, a process that should take more than a year.

The Swiss ban, widely viewed around the world as a breach of religious freedom, is likely to face legal challenges in Switzerland and in the European Court of Human Rights.

There are roughly 150 mosques in Switzerland, four with minarets. Two more minarets are planned. The call to prayer traditional in Muslim-majority countries is not conducted from any of the minarets.

Fikri Aygur, vice president of the European Syriac Union, said that Akbulut has contacted police but has otherwise remained defiant in the face of the threats.

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Saudia Arabia calls to boycott Swiss over minaret ban - Israel News, Ynetnews

How riduiculous for the Saudi's to call for such a thing.
This coming from a country where no synogogues or
churches are allowed to be built. Islam is the only way
one can go in Saudi Arabia unless you go underground.
You can be whipped or even put to death in Saudi Arabia
if you are caught with a Bible. How does Obama feel about
this and what the Swiss did? We will never here anything
bad or negative about Islam from the Mullah in the White
House.

Saudi Arabia calls to boycott Swiss over minaret ban - Israel News, Ynetnews



Saudi Arabia calls to boycott Swiss over minaret ban


A number of religious figures in Saudi Arabia called to boycott Switzerland and withdraw all Muslim deposits from bank accounts in the country in protest against the Swiss referendum that banned building new minarets.

The UAE-based newspaper al-Bayan reported that religious moderator Khaled al-Shamrani called for afar-reaching boycott on all good and products originating in Switzerland. He also called upon Muslims to avoid traveling to the country. Religious figure Ahmed al-Hassan called wealthy Muslims to withdraw their deposits from Swiss banks. (Roee Nahmias)



Ynetnews
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3817221,00.html