Posted on 07/12/2016 3:25:50 PM PDT by BBell
Swiss authorities recently denied citizenship to a pair of Muslim sisters, 12 and 14, who refused to take part in their school's swimming lessons alongside boys of their age group in the city of Basel. According to USA Today, the girls had applied for citizenship a few months ago, but their request was denied this week.
“Whoever doesn’t fulfill these conditions violates the law and therefore cannot be naturalized,” Stefan Wehrle, president of the naturalization committee, told TV station SRF on Tuesday.
Reports do not indicate the nationality of the Muslim family, but the episode is yet another reminder of both the country's tensions with its Muslim minority and the particularity of its laws regarding integration and citizenship. In a separate episode this week, a father of Bosnian origin was fined about $4,000 for having persuaded his daughters to boycott swimming lessons and camp trips.
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Probably will go to a friendlier country. Swiss people are real wise.
Odd headline.
It’s as if WaPo wants to make it sound like the Swiss are the ones who are the problem i stead of the Muslims.
I think that is what WaPo is trying to do.
Check out the Author’s name. D’oh!
Reports do not indicate the nationality of the Muslim family, but the episode is yet another reminder . . .
.....that Islam is incompatible with western civilization.
Hope they don't come here.
Real countries uphold their laws.
The USA was a real country once.
In his snide way, Ishaan Tharoor appears to be fretting that the West won’t roll over for every demand Islamic immigrants make.
send them here and then the father can complain about the girls having to pee in the same bathroom as the boys...
FTGF
F The Goat F’ers.
They need to go to and stay in their own countries.
Now deport them.
Yep, the Swiss are taking care of business.
Ditto!
Congress needs to find that Islam is not a “religion” within the meaning of the First Amendment. All mosques must be shuttered or demolished. All Muslims must be deported. Mecca and Medina should be leafleted, then nuked.
Makes sense to me. If you want to be Swiss, be Swiss. If you insist on following Sharia, then there are plenty of nations you can migrate to...it is the fault of Sharia, not the Swiss that those nations have become hellholes.
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