Posted on 07/01/2016 4:39:48 AM PDT by quesney
The Swiss government recently rejected citizenship for two Muslim immigrant girls who refused to swim with boys in a coed class at school, USA Today said Tuesday, citing reports from Swiss media outlets.
“The girls, whose names were not disclosed, said their religion prevents them from participating in compulsory swimming lessons with males in the pool at the same time,” USA Today reported. “Their naturalization application was rejected because the sisters did not comply with the school curriculum, Basel authorities said.”
“In Switzerland, unlike in the United States and many other countries, integration into society is more important for naturalization than knowledge of national history or politics,” USA Today explained. “Candidates for citizenship must prove that they are well assimilated in their communities and respect local customs and traditions.”
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They’ll deny entry to more muslims...
They banned minarets and burkas...
Will Switzerland then create women-only swimming classes?
I would guess the Swiss would prosecute the father for murder.
Next question?
“Borders, Language, Culture”
I would suspect that the father would be charged and convicted of murder in the first degree. . .
Please!
Their nation has been crumbling for decades.
In the 80’s & 90’s they accepted tens of thousands of Croats, Bosnians, Albanians, Turks, Iraqi’s, and Kurds. The 2000’s brought boat load after boat load of Africans.
Just look at the National Soccer Team. Of the 23 on the roster, probably 8 qualify as “SWISS”.
The swiss have muslim problems. Plenty of them.
yes the Swiss are crumbling, as all the northern nations of Europe are.
It has to do with the birth rate which is around 1.4 children per woman. No nation can survive that without immigration, but all of the other northern nations have similar birthrates.
Only half the young men serve in the army now, the other half in the liberal corp, which is effectively a internal peace corp which takes care of old folks, etc. Problem is Swiss unity had a lot to do with every man going though the arm, a shared experience which ensured a certain degree of conformity and unity of worldview. Between that and immigration, a lot of the attitudes that define Swiss traditional “Reichfrei” attitudes are no longer as strong as in the 1970s or even the 1980s.
As far as immigration, to be come a citizen you must get your neighbors to acquiesce after 7 years of living. So if you come and live in a Canton, but do not become part of the people...well bye, bye.
The Balkans populations are entirely urban. They are not allowed to own guns (for the most part), because their lack of short term self-control. Guns are not unregulated in the nation, since December 2012 to keep your sturmgewehr you have to have a weapons pass issued by your canton police, so if you have a DWI or other indications that you are not responsible you will not be able to keep it. Since 2006 you have to pay to keep your assigned rifle, a nominal fee to pay for the deactivation of the automatic firing mechanism.
Switzerlamd has one of the longest waiting periods to become a citizen (7 years). Not sure about Green Card status.
I would say that is pretty damn close.
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