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[Switzerland] Basel: Muslim schoolboys must shake hands or face fine (shake hands w/female teacher)
TheLocal.ch ^
| 25 May 2016 10:54 GMT+02:00
Posted on 05/28/2016 7:11:32 AM PDT by Olog-hai
School students must shake their teachers’ hands or their parents will be liable to pay a fine of up to 5,000 francs, authorities in the canton of Basel-Country have ruled.
The decision, announced on Wednesday, comes nearly two months after two Muslim schoolboys refused to shake their female teacher’s hand at a school in Therwil, near Basel, because they said physical contact with a woman who wasn’t a family member went against their religion.
The incident caused outrage across Switzerland, not only because it was seen as sex discrimination but because their refusal was considered an affront to an intrinsic part of Swiss culture.
Shaking hands is a habit Swiss people are taught from an early age as a sign of respect. …
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TOPICS: Education; Local News; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: basel; brexit; brixit; eurabia; europeanunion; eussr; germany; handshake; jihad; religionofmisogyny; religionofpieces; rop; switzerland; therwil; unitedkingdom
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To: kiryandil
I’m ready to leave the PR of NY. Gotta convince the bride. Would rather live in ‘America’ than NY or (Switzerland)
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05/28/2016 10:51:46 AM PDT
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Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Vaquero
Godspeed in your Escape From New York master plan. :)
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05/28/2016 11:07:17 AM PDT
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kiryandil
(To the GOPee: "Giving the Democrats the Supreme Court means you ARE the Democrats.")
To: eyeamok
Want to do that to the Jews as well?
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05/28/2016 12:35:02 PM PDT
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Mrs. Don-o
("In political discussion heat is in inverse proportion to knowledge. - Will Rogers)
To: eyeamok
Careful that could be applied to Jews too.
To: Olog-hai
they said physical contact with a woman who wasn’t a family member went against their religion.* *Groping and raping excepted.
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05/28/2016 5:08:25 PM PDT
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Moltke
(Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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