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Written by Ihsaan Abrahams
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Tuesday, 08 December 2009 |
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 Swiss ban on Minarets
Fifty-seven percent of the 2.67 million Swiss who participated in a referendum voted against the right of Muslims to construct minarets with their mosques. The move was spearheaded by the racist Swiss People’s Party (SVP) whose slogan read: “minarets are symbols of rising Muslim political power that could one day transform Switzerland into an Islamic nation.” The SVP campaign posters showed minarets rising like missiles from the Swiss flag next to a fully veiled woman.
The Swiss government to its credit was against the proposal but could not prevail against the provocative and intolerant rhetoric of the extremist Swiss People's Party (SVP) The vote revealed the extent to which far-right racist groups were winning the battle of ideas on the future of Europe. The results of this referendum have been welcomed by leaders of other radical right-wing groups in Europe, such as Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the radical-right Austrian Freedom Party, and Marine Le Pen, vice-president of France's National Front, which points to the possibility of religious and political extremism spreading further in Europe Muslims comprise 6 percent of Switzerland’s 7.5 million population.
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Written by Ihsaan Abrahams
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Sunday, 23 November 2008 |
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 Cherman Masjid
Perumals were the titular leaders who ruled the powerful Chera dynasty. There are varying opinions regarding their appointment whether they were appointed by the leaders of various independent dynasties, selected by the Brahmins or were foreign appointees of the Chola and Pandiya kings. Originally they ruled for a twelve year periods but later this period was extended. Cheraman Perumal was a king of Kerala and the last of the Perumal dynasty.
Kesari A. Balakrishna Pilla , an internationally reputed historian, states that Cheraman Perumal had also received a letter in the year 628 AD from the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) along with many other rulers of the then known world.
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Written by Ihsaan Abrahams
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Friday, 29 May 2009 |
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Mecca, the holiest city in Islam, is going to be redesigned, and a proposed master plan just leaked to YouTube.
Because of the extreme sensitivity of the project, details about the redesign have been sparse. Nonetheless, it seems destined to become one of the most high-profile architecture projects in a generation. Commissioned by the Saudi Royal Family, with an estimated budget of $13 billion, it would address massive overcrowding, which has led to thousands of trampling deaths during the yearly Hajj, which draws 1.7 million pilgrims.
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 |
 Saddam Mosque
The other mosques under construction in Baghdad are the Arahman and Saddam mosques. The Arahman mosque is due to be finished in two years and the Saddam mosque in 2015. The al-Rahman mosque is being buit in the horse-race area of the al-Mansour district in Baghdad.
The skeleton of the Saddam Mosque was already up by 2003. When completed, the structure was to be a replica of the Umm al-Ma'arik mosque, but five times larger and will thus be the third biggest in the world after those of Mecca and Medina. The Saddam mosque was being built on the land previously occupied by the old airport of Baghdad. Construction on that site reportedly began in 1998.
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