Holy War on Switzerland?

Gadhafi has been critical of a recent Swiss vote against construction of minarets, urging Muslims to boycott the country

George, that's not why he is angry. The Swiss arrested his son in 2008 and
right afterwards he started his holy war on Switzerland.

His anger may be understandable, but not necessarily justifiable. Not all the
nations of Europe are obliged to practice religious toleration . . .

And I suspect there aren't a lot of church steeples in Libya.

Nuclear Black Markets: Pakistan, A. Q. Khan, and the Rise of Proliferation Networks -- A Net Assessment. International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2007.

Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A. Q. Khan Network. By Gordon Corera. Oxford University Press, 2006.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has provided a great service with this analysis of the nuclear network masterminded by A. Q. Khan, the man former CIA Director George Tenet described as "at least as dangerous as Osama bin Laden." For almost two decades, Khan's network -- based in Africa, Asia, and Europe -- sold nuclear enrichment technology, nuclear weapon design information, and expertise to Iran, Iraq, Libya, and North Korea, while effectively bypassing the export control regime. Equally valuable is this report's examination of the efforts to halt the illicit nuclear trade. What remains worrisome is the degree to which global proliferation networks and nuclear black markets continue to function as instruments of state policy or as the new favored business model for nuclear entrepreneurs. Gordon Corera's book complements the IISS study, offering a detailed historical context of Pakistan's nuclear program and the central role A. Q. Khan played in its development. Corera explores how Khan and his confederates constructed and maintained the network, demonstrates the immense difficulty the U.S. intelligence community had in detecting and monitoring it over decades, and illuminates the great problems involved in mustering the political will necessary to stop Khan's network when Islamabad was a major ally in the war on terror.

So they are - in fact churches and Christian monasteries can be found
throughout Saudi Arabia and all other Middle-Eastern countries. . . .

So they are - in fact churches and Christian monasteries can be found throughout Saudi Arabia ...

about time somebody did

the swiss with there obnoxious neutrality and all the chocolate and yodeling, disgusting

After the Empress Helena, the next famous pilgrim to the Jebel Musa and the monastery was the Prophet Mohammed. Being well treated by the Orthodox Christian monks, Mohammed gave his personal pledge of protection, which then became incumbent on all Muslims thereby ensuring the monasteries continued existence. through the 14th centuries many thousands of pilgrims came annually

,,,,If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray. Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.....

I knew I went to visit this when I was working in Jeddah (with private air transport arranged by my then Saudi employers)