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UN council targets Swiss anti-minaret vote

This content was published on Mar 25, 2010 The Geneva-based Human Rights Council on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution condemning defamation of religion, which included reference to “Islamophobic” bans on building new minarets on mosques. In a tight vote, a coalition of 17 mostly western nations, including the United States and the Netherlands, opposed the resolution, but 20 states, including China, Cuba and…