Minarets

Sultan sent me this (I cite with permission): "the Swiss ban on minarets reminded me of similar efforts in Pakistan, promoted by the anti-Ahmadi crowd and its Saudi supporters/financiers, to forbid the construction of minarets by Ahmadis. Their reasoning was that as Martial Law Ordinance XX forbids an Ahmadi from calling his place of worship, giving the call to prayer, posing as a Muslim, or otherwise hurting the feelings of Muslims, it followed logically that the Ahmadi places of worship should not have Muslim characteristics such as minarets or minbars. The demand resurfaces now and then, but no government or court has acted on it yet. So, one might say that the Swiss have managed to do something that the obscurantist mullahs in Pakistan couldn't. To be fair to the Swiss, it is entirely possible to change this ban. There is no possibility that any Pakistani political party or court will take a look at ending Pakistan's second constitutional amendment, Ordinance XX, or the blasphemy laws."