Swiss Voters Reject Relaxed Citizenship Rules

Posted by Robert on September 27, 2004 10:31 AM

"Anti-Muslim sentiment"? Did the Swiss vote for "racism"? Or simply against Sharia? From [1] VOANews, with thanks to Nicolei:

Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposed easing of the country's strict citizenship rules that would have made it easier for second- and third-generation immigrants to attain Swiss citizenship....

The measures had been fought by the right-wing Swiss Peoples' Party. That party appealed to anti-Muslim sentiment among voters by suggesting the proposed rules would create an Islamic majority by mid-century.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2004/09/swiss-voters-reject-relaxed-citizenship-rules.html

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