Israel Matzav: Swiss foreign minister excuses Islamic terrorism in advance

Swiss foreign minister excuses Islamic terrorism in advance

Micheline Calmy-Rey, Switzerland's moronic foreign minister, issued a statement on Tuesday excusing Islamic terrorism in response to Switzerland's ban on minarets.

Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said the ban posed a threat to Switzerland's security. "Every attack on the co-existence of different cultures also endangers our security," she said at a meeting of OSCE foreign ministers in Athens. She said there was a danger that the "provocation will lead to other provocations" and would foment extremism.

Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt is no better.

"Questions could very well be raised within the UN about holding meetings and activities in Switzerland, even if the Geneva canton belonged to those which voted against the ban," Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on his blog.

And Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued the following statement:

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said in a statement that the ban was "discriminatory, deeply divisive and a thoroughly unfortunate step for Switzerland to take, and risks putting the country on a collision course with its international human rights obligations."

That's funny. She has a problem with Switzerland banning new minarets (but not mosques), and yet she has no problem with Saudi Arabia banning Jews, Christians and bibles. A little hypocritical, no?

Israel Matzav: Swiss foreign minister excuses Islamic terrorism in advance