21 September 2011

PVV calls for referendum on minarets

The anti-Islam PVV wants to hold a referendum on the building of new minarets in the Netherlands, along the lines of the Swiss vote, party leader Geert Wilders said on Wednesday.

Wilders said he is to submit draft legislation to parliament to pave the way for a public vote.

‘Minarets hurt the eyes. They are the towers of a rising desert ideology ,’ the Telegraaf quoted Wilders as saying. [DutchNews.nl] Read more [via Islamophobia Watch]