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The national vote to ban the construction of minarets has reawakened fierce debate over the future of a building project in Langenthal, in the canton of Bern, where the Muslim community had been given permission to construct a mosque with a minaret.
The authorization for the project, granted by the city in 2006, was put on hold in July this year following a protest by the 'Stop Minarets' committee.