Dutch and Italian right-wing parties want referendum on minarets...

Opposition Freedom Party said it wanted a referendum on the building of minarets similar to the one held in Switzerland on Sunday.

Leader of the Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, expected the Dutch to ban new minarets just like a 57.5 percent majority of Swiss did.

The referendum result is hailed as a breakthrough by the opposition MP. He said: "It's the first time that people in Europe have stood up to a form of Islamisation."

Other xenophobic nationalist parties in Europe are taking a similar line to the Freedom Party in the Netherlands. More...

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