Swiss Minaret Ban and Muslims Response

What are the Muslims response over Swiss votes banning the construction of minarets in the country? Here’s what a Swiss imam,  Youssef Ibram, imam at the Geneva mosque, has to say as he told AFP:

The Muslim world must respect, without accepting the decision. But it must respect the Swiss decision. Otherwise, we would be the first victims.

I think his response is very calm and elegant. Giving example to Muslims outside Switzerland how they should react. If you behave as low as others behave to you, you’re equal or even lower than them. Set a higher moral standard for yourself. Only then, you’ll get respect from others. If not, you have respected your own self.

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