In response to a Swiss vote banning the construction of new mosque minarets, a group of Muslims this month went into a church building in eastern Turkey and threatened to kill a priest unless he tore down its bell tower, according to an advocacy group.

The referendum banning new minaret construction in Switzerland raises delicate issues of reciprocity in Muslim-Christian relations. The Swiss vote represents a potentially important legitimation of anti-Islamic views. The vote inspired support across Europe, as signaled by online polling sponsored by the mainstream media and by statements from ...

A Swiss vote to ban the construction of new minarets puts the spotlight on the Alpine country’s social and political divisions and could herald a new surge in populist, anti-immigrant sentiment.

Swiss vote on anti-Islam move to ban new minarets. Swiss voters are deciding in a referendum Sunday whether to accept a ban on the construction of minarets, which right-wing parties regard as symbols of militant Islam.

Voters in Switzerland approved a referendum to ban the construction of new minarets on mosques, defying appeals from the government to reject the proposal and raising the specter of a Muslim backlash against Swiss interests.