"Vote shows Switzerland may not be so neutral after all
This past Sunday, voters in Switzerland were at the poles to take part in one of the most controversial referendums to arise in a country renowned for being uncompromisingly neutral. The question on the ballot was straightforward: Do you support the creation of a constitutional amendment to ban the future construction of minarets in Switzerland? Though supporters of the “yes” side fought a hard campaign that some have called racist, and Islamophobic, it was widely believed among pundits that the referendum would be handily defeated. The final tally reads otherwise. All together, 57.5 per cent of Swiss citizens who cast ballots supported the ban, as did twenty-two of Switzerland’s twenty-six cantons (roughly equivalent to states)."
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