Source:ET
A Swiss school has rejected the appeal of a Muslim schoolboy who refused to shake hands with female teachers on religious grounds.“The boy was one of two teenage brothers at a high school in Therwil who caused a nationwide furore earlier this year when they said shaking hands with female teachers went against their religion, which forbids physical contact with a member of the opposite sex who isn’t family,”The Local, a European newspaper, reported on Tuesday.According to the paper, the Basel school had initially agreed to exempt the boys from shaking hands with all teachers, irrespective of gender. This was done to reach a compromise and avoid discrimination against women at the same time. The situation subsequently triggered countrywide outrage, being widely seen as an insult to Swiss culture.
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