Minarets from the masjed e jomeh Yazd. photo by Fabien Dany
Man, I wanted to write a nice, long, thoughtful and much overdue post today on AIDS — the progress we’ve made, the work still to be done and how the Church is making a big difference.
But it’s been a deadline-heavy week on other fronts, so I’m just going to have to postpone the AIDS post and instead direct you to some musings from our friends at GetReligion.com, all about the latest flap over Switzerland declaring their skylines to be off-limits to Muslim minarets — a reaction, some say, to Europe’s growing unease over Muslim immigration. While lots of folks got pretty angry over the Swiss decision, Mollie points out that it’s not like traditionally Islamic countries have been particularly vocal about protecting the rights of other religions within their own borders.
Much of the post is made up of quotes from other sources, so I’m not going to requote Mollie’s requotes. But I’d encourage you to check out the post.
