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Article: Confronting Islamists; Swiss right comes under fire.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2008
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Byline: Diana West, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Swiss Alps, Switzerland -- Explain the minaret ban, I asked. I was sitting in the side room of a house, overlooking a flat plot somewhat larger than the trampoline outside. Beyond that trampoline, still visible in the evening light, rose the Swiss Alps. Across the table, Oskar Freysinger sat poised to address my query over some cups of espresso, speaking as a local leader of the Swiss People's Party. Or perhaps I should say a local leader of the extremist, "bigote "and"xenophobic" Swiss People's Party. That's how this largest political party in tiny Switzerland is routinely discussed - or rather dismissed by elites, ...
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