• Switzerland

    Contributed by Benjamin Bruce

    Muslims pose no ‘threat’ to Switzerland

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Elections and Political Discourse, Featured Europe, Featured Publication, Immigration and Integration, Interfaith and Multicultural Engagement, Issues in Politics, Mosques and Community Centers, Publications, Reports and WPs, Switzerland

    Following the controversial debate on integration and assimilation of Islam in Switzerland, which led to the legal passing of a right-wing initiative of the populist SVP party against the construction of minarets in the country in 2009, three postulates requested to urgently obtain further information upon the state of affair of the Muslim community...

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    Report from Switzerland explains Muslims are well-integrated, but more information is needed

    by  • May 14, 2013 • Featured Europe, Immigration and Integration, Issues in Politics, Reports and WPs, Switzerland

    5/8/2013   According to a report published earlier this week, the vast majority of Muslims living in Switzerland are well integrated into society. The report found that Muslim religious affiliation does not pose a problem to Muslims’ everyday lives and rarely generates conflicts. The report focused on the situation of Muslims in Switzerland, and...

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    New study: Swedish Muslim Congregation

    by  • August 30, 2011 • Immigration and Integration, Islamic Practice and Jurisprudence, Reports and WPs, Switzerland

    Islam is the fastest growing religion in Western Europe today. As a consequence, the emergence and growth of Muslim religious congregations is one of the most important changes that have taken place within the European third (or voluntary) sector in the last 20 years. However, more often than not, these congregations are described as...

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    Islamist Army Lieutenant Declared a Security Risk

    by  • May 15, 2011 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, Security and Counterterrorism, Switzerland

    A Swiss army lieutenant has been declared a security risk by the Swiss federal constitutional court and has decided that he should be kept away from all confidential information. Gibril Muhammad Zwicker converted to Islam three years ago and has since become a member of the controversial Central Islamic Council of Switzerland (IZRS). Zwicker...

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