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Following a controversial Swiss referendum to ban mosques with minarets, Christian Democratic state interior ministers in Germany on Thursday recommended Muslims show restraint when building houses of worship.
"Naturally the Muslims in Germany have a right to build mosques. But they should make sure not to overwhelm the German population with them," Hessian Interior Minister and conservative Christian Democrat Volker Bouffier told daily Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
Large mosque minarets or domes that dominate the skyline will only create fears of Islamisation and fuel protests, Bouffier told the paper, explaining that the country's state interior ministers would address the topic during their regularly scheduled conference on Thursday.