Tensions In Europe Over Muslim Presence Examined

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is sponsoring a conference in Cordoba, Spain on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Muslims. SwissInfo today interviewed Switzerland's Deputy State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Anton Thalmann, who spoke at the conference. Thalmann said that religious intolerance affects fundamental Swiss values. Meanwhile today's Guardian reports on growing tensions in Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe over the construction of mosques, minarets and Islamic culture centers, as some Europeans attempt to keep their cities culturally Christian.