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
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
