I applaud the sensible vote of the Swiss electorate in supporting the motion to ban minarets in that country. I was also amazed to see a leader writer in the times condemning as racist the decision of an independent sovereign nation to speak up against the all too familiar these days, encroachment of Islam upon them.

The article claims that there are currently 350,000 Muslims in Switzerland (4% of the population).  I would have thought that, that in itself would be of concern to many of its citizens.

As we all know, protestations of peaceful worship and a willingness to integrate often soon disappear when Muslim population levels reach critical mass. Political demands and expectations of special treatment also soon follow.

The leader writer claims that as the Muslims in Switzerland are mainly from the Balkans (Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo) and Turkey, all worries about colonisation by this foreign menace should be banished from peoples’ thoughts.

I would beg the question, why?  Why would a brutal, hegemonistic, primitive belief system be less dangerous in the hands of one nationality than another?  Especially a Balkan derivative. What part of that region is specifically known for its enlightened, democratic, law-abiding activities even without the fuel of religious intolerance and avaricious land grabbing?

I agree that the world regards Bosnia as the victim in the awful civil war of the recent past but let’s not forget the atrocities perpetrated by all sides in that conflict. That some of the citizens of the Balkans made refuge in Switzerland is to be credited to the Swiss themselves. However, now the cuckoo is in the nest, watch out Switzerland, lest you become like the UK.

I heard representatives of both camps talking on the Jeremy Vine show earlier in BBC Radio 2. The pro minaret spokesperson is an architect responsible for designing and building mosques for a living. No surprise there that he was in favour of minarets (I imagine minarets might command a premium?).

Additionally, he used the specious argument that you may have heard before, that because churches are allowed spires or towers, it is no different for Islam’s buildings to have similar. Also, the use of the church bells should bestow legitimacy for the Muezzin’s call.

He conveniently forgets the primacy of Christianity and its traditions and expectations over all other faiths in Europe. Our tolerance of other people’s beliefs should not lead us down the road to an ignominious and cowardly surrender of our rights to be free of their tyranny.

The most shocking thing for me in the Times leader was that the writer’s own perspective of the situation was so thoroughly aligned with the crazy, multicultural and suicidal nonsense that our betters and leaders with us to subscribe to. Well done citizens of Switzerland. When will Great Britain show similar unity and resolve? When will a politician allow us the opportunity?