>And so what if they dislike certain foreign cultures? It's their country, and they can accept who they want, or not.
Sure, but they are what we define as unambiguously xenophobic policies, even if it is a broad term which can include much more than that and were democratically enacted.
Whether xenophobia is bad is another story - I'm not really sure anyone would find much insight from a discussion about it.
I'm very much against genital mutilation as is practiced in some muslim countries and support bans against such practices in the west. Does that make me a xenophobe?
No, it doesn't. One can oppose (religiously motivated or not) genital mutilation on purely humanistic grounds, completely divorced from any religious concerns.
Banning building minarets has no such justification; just blatant xenophobia.
I guess where you come from all building codes are blatant xenophobia, because there can't possible any other reason as fear from stranger to disallow some buildings.
Sure, but they are what we define as unambiguously xenophobic policies, even if it is a broad term which can include much more than that and were democratically enacted.
Whether xenophobia is bad is another story - I'm not really sure anyone would find much insight from a discussion about it.