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A Cup of Tea with Muslims in Switzerland: When Minarets Became a National Issue

October 23, 2026 Associate Editor

By: Abna24 | Date: October 19, 2026 | En.abna24.com AhlulBayt News Agency: According to the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, approximately 6% of the population covered by its religious statistics belonged to Muslim communities in 2024. Switzerland presents a distinctive case in the relationship between Islam and the state. While the country’s Federal Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, the 2009 referendum banning…

Loss of Religion Leads to Nihilism, War (Emmanuel Todd in Hiroshima)

November 21, 2025December 22, 2025 AbdulBaseer al-Buhairi

Emmanuel Todd Substack Excerpt with comment: My reflections on war, on what everyone can see by watching the television news (our daily spectacle), have therefore led me to a new interest in religion as a historical factor. Observing the consequences of the disappearance of religion in the present day has even opened up a completely new field of research for…