But are they tubular? Deck? What about dope? Stylin'? Def?

Oooo, oooo, LOOK AT ME GOD, LOOK AT ME!

/religions can all go suck it

What a waste of money

How long before all of Europe is a fundamentalist Islamic theocracy? 3 years? 4?

Why are Muslims "radical Muslims" but Christians are "conservative Christians"?

Nothing I read in the article makes these people seem like "radicals".

BurnShrike: Why are Muslims "radical Muslims" but Christians are "conservative Christians"?

Nothing I read in the article makes these people seem like "radicals".

You didn't see the beard on the front photo?

"What I have here in my hand is the world's smallest violin".

/Have a nice earworm.

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"What I have here in my hand is the world's smallest violin".

Why is there a piece of hominy in his beard? Did he just finish a bowl of menudo?

Enigmamf: BurnShrike: Why are Muslims "radical Muslims" but Christians are "conservative Christians"?

Nothing I read in the article makes these people seem like "radicals".

You didn't see the beard on the front photo?

If I saw the picture without the article, I would have thought that was a rabbi.

caution: I thought Switzerland banned the building of new mosques a couple of years ago.

They didn't ban mosques. That would be discriminatory, xenophobic and wrong.

So they banned minarets instead.

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/Have a nice earworm.

Oh, I had that song in my head the instant I read the headline.

/ ♪...I like watching the puddles gather raaaaiin...♫

In Switzerland, all Muslims automatically become "Radical." So this is a non-story.
Maybe this group is radicalized? I don't know or really particularly care, but just wanted to point out the obvious.

The biggest tragedy of using Fark is that once the 6 hour delay is up, you don't see any articles you want to comment.

BurnShrike: caution: I thought Switzerland banned the building of new mosques a couple of years ago.

They didn't ban mosques. That would be discriminatory, xenophobic and wrong.

So they banned minarets instead.

Several of my European friends have mentioned, and the news seems to corroborate, that right-wing xenophobia is starting to take hold in Europe again. The problem is that, last time that really happened, 60 million people died.

I guess in Switzerland, vocal = radical.

So it's kind of like the US.

CygnusDarius:


"What I have here in my hand is the world's smallest violin".

I thought he was trying to throw a cheese ball into his mouth and missed.

How dare they build this terror mosque? It's too close to Ground Zero.

brantgoose: In English, the capital of Switzerland is Berne, which sounds like Bear, but in Swiss French it is Borné.

The French Swiss are even snarkier than the French French.

What is it in Icelandic?

Snapper Carr: /Have a nice earworm.

The headline beat you to it, but I'm glad I'm not the only one.

caution: I thought Switzerland banned the building of new mosques a couple of years ago.

No. They banned the construction of minarets, the towers from which the call to prayer is made, not the mosques themselves.

Brew78: Snapper Carr: [i.walmartimages.com image 500x500]

/Have a nice earworm.

Oh, I had that song in my head the instant I read the headline.

/ ♪...I like watching the puddles gather raaaaiin...♫

/seconded

Nothing in that article explains why TFA is using the term "radical". Then again, the minaret ban made it clear that when it comes to bigotry, the Swiss make much of the US right wing look like amateurs.

Fark off, bigots.

Diogenes: Lord Dimwit: BurnShrike: caution: I thought Switzerland banned the building of new mosques a couple of years ago.

They didn't ban mosques. That would be discriminatory, xenophobic and wrong.

So they banned minarets instead.

Several of my European friends have mentioned, and the news seems to corroborate, that right-wing xenophobia is starting to take hold in Europe again. The problem is that, last time that really happened, 60 million people died.

The Swiss are at once both the most hospitable and most xenophobic people you'll find. I come from weird stock.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Geneva. Of course my wife and I are paler than sheets and speak French, so...yeah.

someonelse: They aren't still in a sad, depressing pit of sadness, are they?

They moved them about 100m to a sloped, grassy open-air "Bear Park" rather than the pit. It's right by the river (and a small bit of the river is diverted into the park for them to swim in if they wish).

/the Altes Tramhouse by the Bear Park has some damn fine beer.
//lives in Bern

TFA: The president of the Council, Nicolas Blancho, confirmed his fundraising activities in Kuwait and Qatar to newspapers SonntagsZeitung and Le Matin Dimanche on Sunday, although he said the organisation has not received any donations yet.

So let's see here:

1. No actual reasons in TFA as to why they are "radical."
2. As of now, there is no funding for the mosque. It's essentially a pipe dream at this point.

WHAT A STORY!

Radical Muslims plan biggest Swiss mosque, pray for no rain Omarion.

FTFSubby.

/Old school meme!

patrick767: Nothing in that article explains why TFA is using the term "radical". Then again, the minaret ban made it clear that when it comes to bigotry, the Swiss make much of the US right wing look like amateurs.

Fark off, bigots.

I dunno, every time I look out my living room window I have to look at the one Mormon temple in the country, and the stupid tacky angel. It looks so out of place, I would hate to have any religion building big spiky things that ruin the skyline.

Radical!

So they'll have a half pipe, BMX course and a T shirt shop?

Good for them.

patrick767: Nothing in that article explains why TFA is using the term "radical". Then again, the minaret ban made it clear that when it comes to bigotry, the Swiss make much of the US right wing look like amateurs.

Fark off, bigots.

They had to ban the minarets because people would have dropped their bombs between them otherwise.

Pho Queue: patrick767: Nothing in that article explains why TFA is using the term "radical". Then again, the minaret ban made it clear that when it comes to bigotry, the Swiss make much of the US right wing look like amateurs.

Fark off, bigots.

They had to ban the minarets because people would have dropped their bombs between them otherwise.

Well, the Sharif didn't like it anyway.

Ahh....ze Swiss!

Too cowardly to fight Hitler, they threatened to destroy their own infrastructure if invaded. Hitler knew he needed at least one friendly country in Europe to launder the money used to finance the Nazi war machine. Those nice fellows the Swiss also took custody of confiscated Jewish gold and hard currency and agreed to not accept Jewish refugees. They gave them a free ride to the border and turned them over to SS troops.