A 2009 referendum in which country banned the construction of new Islamic minarets?
2009 Swiss minaret referendum that the applicants were not affected parties, as they did not intend to build minarets. The ban sparked reactions from governments and political parties throughout of the world. The Swiss referendum was welcomed by several European far right parties. 2009 Swiss minaret referendum </noinclude> The federal popular initiative "against the construction of minarets" was a successful popular initiative in Switzerland to prevent the construction of minarets on mosques. In a November 2009 referendum, a constitutional amendment banning the construction of new minarets was approved by 57.5% of the participating voters. Only three of the twenty Swiss cantons and one half
Five Minarets in New York Five Minarets in New York Five Minarets in New York (), released as Act of Vengeance in the U.S. and as The Terrorist in Australia, is a Turkish action film written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül, which follows two Turkish police officers sent to New York City to bring back a terrorist suspect. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on November 5, 2010, was one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2010. The title comes from the popular Kurdish folk song, "Bitlis'te Beş Minare" (meaning Five Minarets in Bitlis). The film, which director Mahsun Kırmızıgül wrote