Last year planning permission for minarets in Wangen in northern Switzerland and in Langenthal, canton Bern, were rejected, but the Federal Court finally gave the go-ahead last week to the Wangen project.

A minaret is a tower, traditionally part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer. In Switzerland only the mosques in Geneva and Zurich have a minaret, neither used to call for prayer.

The initiative launched by the People's Party Zurich sectio...

Generals have, unfortunately, ruled Pakistan for more than half the 60 years since the country’s formation, and Gen. Pervez Musharraf is the first military ruler to have tasted a blow from the judiciary.

By reinstating Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has restored people’s confidence in the judicial system, which was eroded when Musharraf, after coming to power, ordered the judges to take a fresh oath of office swearing allegiance to ...