The United Nations Council of Human Rights is intended to condemn a move by Switzerland to impose a ban on the construction of new minarets in this European country, characterizing the measure as "Islamophobic."

The Islamic Counseling Association based in London has denounced the recent Swiss referendum on minaret construction ban — a decision leading to the spread of Islamophobia and more Muslim hatred of the West.

Iran's Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki has condemned the Swiss move on banning the construction of minarets warning about the consequences of European governments' plans for acts of Islamophobia.

Head of the management committee of Lyons' Grand Mosque in France, Kamal Kabtane, expressed regret over the ban in Switzerland on construction of minarets beside mosques.

French Catholic Priest, Reverend Michael Lolon, has expressed regret over the ban in Switzerland on minaret-construction at mosques, saying Switzerland is a Christian country and Christianity ought to respect freedom of religion.

Thousands of Swiss citizens have demonstrated against the ban in the country on building the traditional minarets at mosques.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast described the Swiss referendum banning the construction of minarets in the country an "Islamophobic act" and a blow to the religious freedom declared in the West.

Lebanon's senior most religious authority, Allama Seyyed Mohammad Hussein Fazlollah has condemned the results of the referendum regarding the ban of the construction of Islamic minarets in Switzerland.

While the European governments are always talking about freedom of religion and human rights in their country, in an anti-religious move, the Switzerland banned the building of minarets for the mosques.

A referendum proposing that the construction of minarets be banned in Switzerland might not be successful, according to a poll by the GfS Research Institute released by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.