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Government restrictions on religion increasing worldwide, according to new Pew report

(Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP file) A poster from the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) in November 2009 depicts a woman wearing a burqa in front of a Swiss flag upon which are minarets which resemble missiles, at the central station in Geneva, Switzerland. Later in the month, a successful referendum banned the construction of new minarets in the country.