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inadmissible because the reasons used to collect signatures contained "a large number of incorrect factual claims and speculations". The city council also claimed the initiative was a violation of the freedom of belief guaranteed in the Basic Law, since it opposed any Muslim buildings, and adopted a resolution following the vote on the citizen's appeal entitled "Solidarity with
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