Confined to makeshift halls, the Muslim communities of Wangen and Langenthal hope for more visibility for their places of worship. But opposition continues to grow. Presently only two symbolic minarets, in Zurich and in Geneva, are serving the needs of the 350,000 Swiss Muslims.
By Catherine Cossy SUISSE. Confin_es dans des halles industrielles, deux communaut_s musulmanes, _ Wangen et _ Langenthal, souhaitent plus de visibilit_ pour leur lieu de culte. Mais les oppositions se multiplier. La premi_re mosqu_e de Suisse a _t_ inaugur_e en 1963 sur les hauts de la ville de Zurich, en pr_sence du maire de l’_poque….
The municipality of Rotterdam will revoke the exception which allowed minarets to be built up to 30 to 40 meters high. It was determined by the Burghers that this was not an imposition on religious freedom and that religious buildings did not deserve a special waiver. {(continued below in Dutch)} De gemeente Rotterdam wil af…
