Abstract
I discuss first the recent and the older history of tolerance in the Netherlands. I argue that the scope of tolerance and its limits and grounds have broadened in the past centuries. As a result, it has become too vague and lost its distinctive meaning. As the recent developments in the Netherlands show, however, we still need it and therefore we need to rediscover its valuable core. I then discuss the character of tolerance as an intermediate solution and the various grounds for tolerance. After this historical and theoretical analysis, I discuss the debate in Switzerland on the popular initiative to prohibit Islamic minarets. I draw some parallels with Dutch historical examples. (The paper incorporates some translated sections from my article ‘Beliefs, Persons and Practices: Beyond Tolerance’, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Vol.1, No. 2, pp. 227-254,1998)
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