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30 November 2009updated 27 Sep 2015 2:28am

Europe’s problem with Islam

The Swiss vote illuminates a phobia many just don’t admit

By Sholto Byrnes

Switzerland voted to ban the construction of any new minarets yesterday, showing that it remains as lovably liberal as ever. This was the country that had to be forced into returning billions, plundered by the Nazis, to the descendants of Jewish families (the case was settled only nine years ago).

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