15 June 2009 - 19:30

Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani condemned Swiss government decision on not allowing Swiss mosques to build minarets.

The religious authority in his message called Swiss government to revise its decision on prohibition of building minaret in mosques.

He said in his message that the action is in contradiction with rights of 400,000 Muslims residing in Switzerland and it hurts emotions of more than one billion Muslims in the world.
The ayatollah went on to say that the decision is not in favor of the Swiss government. He expressed hope that the Swiss government revise its decision.

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