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Anti-Islam groups fights Fribourg ban
The Local 14 December 2011
By Meritxell Mir
The Swiss Movement against Islamisation (MOSC) has said it will appeal a Fribourg district court decision blocking it from setting up a stand in the western town. In October 2009, a few weeks before Switzerland's controversial vote on the banning of minarets, MOSCI asked the city of Fribourg for permission to erect a stand. The group said it wanted to present its ideas and ask citizens to vote against the Islamic spires.
After conferring with cantonal police and the prefecture of Gruyere, Fribrourg decided not to grant permission. The town said it wanted to avoid incidents like those in Lausanne several weeks earlier when clashes broke out around a similar stand.
MOSCI has angered many with its insistence that the Muslim prophet Muhammad was genocidal, as well as criticizing his union with Aisha, a very young girl. The organisation also considers Islam a "racist, warlike, and expansionist religion”.
Furious at Fribourg's decision not to allow the stand, MOSCI took the issue to the district court, which last month ruled in favour of the city.
But the Anti-Islam organization has vowed to put up a fight. On Monday, it announced it will appeal the decision to the Federal Court, Le Matin reported.
"We were attacked in Lausanne, and then we were forbidden to have a stand at Fribourg for this reason," said David Vaucher, president of MOSCI. "[This is like saying] that Islamist violence is right." (...)
Posted December 14th, 2011 by pk
Anti-Islam groups fights Fribourg ban
The Local 14 December 2011
By Meritxell Mir
The Swiss Movement against Islamisation (MOSC) has said it will appeal a Fribourg district court decision blocking it from setting up a stand in the western town. In October 2009, a few weeks before Switzerland's controversial vote on the banning of minarets, MOSCI asked the city of Fribourg for permission to erect a stand. The group said it wanted to present its ideas and ask citizens to vote against the Islamic spires.
After conferring with cantonal police and the prefecture of Gruyere, Fribrourg decided not to grant permission. The town said it wanted to avoid incidents like those in Lausanne several weeks earlier when clashes broke out around a similar stand.
MOSCI has angered many with its insistence that the Muslim prophet Muhammad was genocidal, as well as criticizing his union with Aisha, a very young girl. The organisation also considers Islam a "racist, warlike, and expansionist religion”.
Furious at Fribourg's decision not to allow the stand, MOSCI took the issue to the district court, which last month ruled in favour of the city.
But the Anti-Islam organization has vowed to put up a fight. On Monday, it announced it will appeal the decision to the Federal Court, Le Matin reported.
"We were attacked in Lausanne, and then we were forbidden to have a stand at Fribourg for this reason," said David Vaucher, president of MOSCI. "[This is like saying] that Islamist violence is right." (...)
Posted December 14th, 2011 by pk
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