Switzerland: Anti-Islam group must be protected

Switzerland: Anti-Islam group must be protected


Via the Local:
The Federal Court says an anti-Islam group has the right to give out leaflets from an information booth if it wants � and the local authorities must protect them.

Fribourg Council banned the group � The Movement Against the Islamization of Switzerland � from setting up an information booth Place Georges-Python during the anti-minaret campaign in 2009.

It said it refused to give permission because of a fear that violence and unrest would break out as a result, provoking a legal challenge.
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