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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
This is a very worrying assault on religion, carried out by a virtually pirate state which cowers behind an illusion of "neutrality" to cover up their role as the worlds money launderers.
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Be careful not to mischaracterize Switzerland and what's at the bottom of this. The long history of the government's neutral position isn't much of a factor here, and neither is your opinion of Swiss banks and how foreigners abuse them. I see a problem with disparaging an entire nation based on its economic freedom. They are more than a bunch of banks, chocolatiers, and clockmakers. The issue here is the xenophobic impact on direct democracy, which I think is a toxic mix.
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But more than this, it is a quite scary example of mob rule. I wouldnt want to be a Muslim living in Switzerland today. I wonder what laws will be next? Forbidding Muslim schools, then the mosque itself is banned, then business ownership... how far would it go if unchecked, and what will check it?
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Mob rule? Maybe. I'd like to call it the tyranny of the majority. It's not the first time it's happened. But as was mentioned above, that's what constitutions and bills are for: to prevent the majority from deciding on civil rights.
I don't think this will necessarily lead to a slippery slope of Islamophobia, as the world response to such matters in Switzerland would get heavier and graver with each step in that direction.
I think Switzerland needs to fix their political process.