By Photo Editor Helen James and Stefania Summermatter This content was published on September 30, 2017 11:00 AMSep 30, 2017 – 11:00 A Chilean photographer who came to Switzerland as […]
For 20 years, Switzerland has been helping asylum seekers who choose to return to their home countries. The government is positive that giving money and advice to people to return home is part and parcel of a credible asylum policy. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) For the government Switzerland’s repatriation program is a success story. It says, helping […]
By swissinfo with agencies/db September 24, 2017 Counting up the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ votes in canton Zurich. (© KEYSTONE / WALTER BIERI) Foreigners who have received temporary asylum in canton Zurich will have their state allowance drastically cut. More than two-thirds of voters in the canton agreed to the […]
in depth: Asylum in Switzerland https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43526458&locale=en Embed code This content was published on September 21, 2017 5:00 PMSep 21, 2017 – 17:00 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. She’s interested in cultural and religious diversity in Switzerland. This week she meets members of the “Dialogue […]
A flyer for the campaign to ban facial coverings – the move has caused much debate in Switzerland (Keystone) Voters look set to have the final say on a proposal for a nationwide burka ban in public places in Switzerland. A rightwing committee handed in 106,600 signatures for a people’s initiative […]
Source: The Local As the academic year begins at the University of Geneva (Unige), a new programme is on offer that aims to help imams in Switzerland integrate into Swiss […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar in Bhilwara, Rajasthan September 19, 2017 It’s barely been a month since Naina was re-enrolled and she’s already missed two days of school. She had to […]
Source: The Local The cantonal parliament of St Gallen on Monday voted to adopt a bill that would ban people from covering their face in public, including women wearing the burqa. The bill was developed by a commission from a motion proposed by the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and backed […]
By Simon Bradley This content was published on September 11, 2017 The three-tonne marble sarcophagus that dates from the second century AD is carved with detailed images of the 12 Labours […]
Source: Reuters BY John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland could become the latest country to ban facial coverings worn by some Muslim women after activists collected more than the 100,000 […]
By Luigi Jorio This content was published on September 10, 2017 Often people who decide to commit suicide see no other alternative. A kind word or just listening can often help them to change their mind (Keystone) The suicide rate in Switzerland, once one of the highest in the world, […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 13 September 2017 A woman wearing a burqa in Vevey. Photo: erix3005/Depositphotos The Swiss may get the chance to vote on the introduction of a nationwide […]
Photo: kagemusha/Depositphotos Hostility and discrimination towards Muslim people in Switzerland is on the rise, the Federal Commission against Racism (FCR) said on Monday during a conference at the University of Fribourg. The conference, organized by Fribourg University, religion researchers at the University of Lucerne and the Swiss Centre for Islam […]
September 11, 2017 States must focus more effort on fully implementing the landmark Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which was adopted four years ago, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter said on Monday. “Over the past two years there has been progress [regarding the ATT],” Burkhalter told an audience of officials […]
By Samuel Jaberg, Stefania Summermatter This content was published on August 23, 2017 The cost of the mosque is expected to be around CHF8 million (http://www.mosqueefribourg.ch) A Muslim association is planning to construct a luxurious mosque in canton Fribourg. The five-storey building will house two prayer rooms, a school, […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch 25 July 2017 Photo: rawpixel/Depositphotos More than a third of immigrants living in Switzerland say they have experienced discrimination, but most feel their lives have improved here, […]
By Regula Bochsler September 3, 2017 Felix Manz was sentenced to death by drowning in Zurich’s Limmat river. It is a symbolic ending for a man who had put water baptism at the centre of his Faith (Heinrich Thommann, Abschrift Bullingers Reformationschronik, 1605) The people of Zurich crowded along […]
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43474438&locale=en EMBED CODE THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 31, 2017 5:00 PMAUG 31, 2017 – 17:00 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Emily has Polish/Chinese roots but grew up in Canada and says she feels Canadian. Tama doesn’t feel terribly Swiss, […]
AUGUST 25, 2017 5:10 PMAUG 25, 2017 – 17:10 The city of Biel is taking measures against extremism (Keystone) Biel has announced that it will open a contact centre for preventing extremism and violence. The news comes in the midst of a scandal over a local imam who preached […]
A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, your Associate Chief Editor of The Muslim Times. (Benghazi and back to Amman, and on to Switzerland and Indonesia) Libya At […]