A Swiss shoe store owner, outraged by the government's recent ban on the construction of minarets, built a makeshift minaret on his chimney. The minaret, made of wood and plastic spraypainted gold, is meant as a "message of peace and tolerance". Nonetheless, Guillaume Morand has already received racist insults from his neighbors.

I hope weill continue to see such peaceful and creative resistance to the minaret ban. Here is a link to the article:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6954014.ece