Minaret appeal filed with Strasbourg court

Swiss Info
December 15, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/2865/minaret-appeal-filed-with-strasbourg-court

Excerpt:

An appeal against the decision by Swiss voters to ban the construction of minarets has been submitted to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

It was lodged on Tuesday afternoon, said Pierre de Preux, a lawyer acting for Hafid Ouardiri, the former spokesman of the Geneva mosque.

Ouardiri wants the Strasbourg court to rule that the ban is incompatible with the European human rights convention.

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