last post: more on the Minarets

Although many supporters of the Minaret ban claim that it is not religious persecution, they do, however, seem to imply that it is ethnic persecution. Banning a certain religious architecture while others are allowed to remain is a very unfair practice particularly when the real goal has admittedly been to curb Islamic influence. Metaphorically speaking, this would be as justifiable as banning rainbow stripes in fear of what an extremist would call homosexual persuasion.

France is considering adapting the same architecturally limiting procedure. They claim that this legal act would limit the influence of outside countries that borrow practices that are not European. They claim to approve of French Islam as opposed to non-European practices. This drive to exclusionism has similarities to anti-Semitism movement of the Nazi Party and surrounding countries. This similarity has risen to the Islamic support from some Jewish establishments such as the American Jewish Committee.

Of course being on the same side of religious issues on some level is not enough to fully unite Muslim and Jewish practitioners. It can, however, provide some grounds for understanding between these two communities.
Recent military activity towards a primarily Muslim society has caused an increase in anti-Islamic sentiment in America as well as Europe. It is painful to think that an already widely misunderstood and persecuted religious group has been issued further religious-ethnic limitations.

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