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  Conservative Austria party calls for vote to ban minarets, face veils

  Posted: August 25th, 2010, 9:24am MSD

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  [JURIST] Austria's conservative Freedom Party [official website, in German] on Monday called for a special vote [press release, in German] on whether to ban face veils and the construction of minarets, two of the most visible symbols of the Islamic faith. Specifically, the referendum would ask Viennese citizens to decide whether to ban the construction of mosques with minarets, whether to ban the wearing of the burqa and the niqab [JURIST news archives] and whether the government should require Muslim citizens to sign a statement affirming a commitment to Austrian secular law over the Sharia law [CFR backgrounder; JURIST news...