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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Polish group uses Swiss poster to protest new mosque

A Polish group calling itself "Europe for the Future" has refashioned a Swiss poster against minarets to demand a halt in the construction of a new mosque in the capital of mainly Catholic Poland.

In the posters, seen in several parts of Warsaw Wednesday, the Swiss flag is replaced with a Polish one and wording that translates into "stop the mosque of the radicals".

Switzerland voted in a referendum in November to ban the construction of new minarets, a move that drew criticisms worldwide including charges of Islamophobia.

Read more: http://www.expatica.com/ch/news/swiss-rss-news/polish-group-uses-swiss-poster-to-protest-new-mosque_33140.html