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Rail passengers complain to SBB over burqa posters [Switzerland]
TheLocal.ch ^ | 12 January 2017 10:45 CET+01:00

Posted on 01/13/2017 11:36:59 AM PST by Olog-hai

Members of the public are calling on Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) to remove controversial posters from its railway stations just days after right-wing campaigners launched their provocative publicity campaign.

The poster, unveiled in railway stations on Monday, shows a woman wearing a burqa with the strapline “Uncontrolled naturalization? No to facilitated naturalization”.

It was commissioned by a committee co-led by Swiss People’s Party (SVP) MP Andreas Glarner to oppose the forthcoming referendum on facilitated naturalization for third generation immigrants, which goes to the polls on February 12th.

Opponents of the bill — which would make it easier for third generation immigrants born and bred in Switzerland to get a Swiss passport — feel it could allow foreigners who are not well integrated to become Swiss. …

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TOPICS: Local News; Religion; Travel
KEYWORDS: burqa; rop; sbb; switzerland
The poster in question.

1 posted on 01/13/2017 11:36:59 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The SVP does not oppose the upcoming referendum [which is very much part of the Swiss way of allowing the citizens to run their own country]. The party opposes the proposed legislation - and quite rightly so IMHO.


2 posted on 01/13/2017 12:02:17 PM PST by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Olog-hai

I bet the only complaints are from muslims.


3 posted on 01/13/2017 12:09:43 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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To: Olog-hai

Sure, because ALL immigrants in the third generation are muslim asylum seekers / refugees / illegal immigrants.

/sarcasm


4 posted on 01/13/2017 12:31:01 PM PST by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

There are probably a few leftists mixed in, for the sake of spreading all forms of socialism, even Islamic socialism.


5 posted on 01/13/2017 11:29:31 PM PST by Olog-hai
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