ISLAMABAD: Pakistani religious groups on Monday condemned a referendum in Switzerland that saw voters approve a ban on the construction of mosque minarets, calling it “extreme Islamophobia.” “This development reflects extreme Islamophobia among people in the West,” said Khurshid Ahmad, vice president of Jamaat-e-Islami, a hardline Islamic political party that is represented in Pakistan’s parliament. “This also represents very serious discrimination against Muslims.” Pakistan is the world’s second most populous Muslim nation.