Although the ban on building new Muslim minarets in Switzerland was co-initiated by the Federal Democratic Union (FDU), a political party devoting itself to the “gospel of Jesus Christ,” there is opposition to the referendum among some Swiss evangelical churches.
Richard Cimino is the founder and editor of Religion Watch, a newsletter monitoring trends in contemporary religion. Since January 2008, Religion Watch is published by Religioscope Institute. Website: www.religionwatch.com.
