UN: Institutional Islamophobia has reached epidemic proportions

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Institutional suspicion and fear of Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim has escalated to epidemic proportions, the United Nations Human Rights Council heard on Thursday. Addressing...

Swiss school board orders Muslim schoolboy to shake hands with female teachers

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A school board in a Swiss canton has dismissed the appeal of a 15-year-old Muslim boy who had been ordered to shake hands with...

Switzerland rejects citizenship of two Muslim girls for refusing to swim with boys

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The Swiss government has denied citizenship to two Muslim girls for refusing to take part in swimming lessons with boys at school. The 12 and 14-year-old girls will...

Swiss school tells Muslim pupil to take off hijab in class

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A high school in the canton of Bern has banned a Muslim pupil from wearing the hijab in class, Swiss media reported on Monday. The...

Man shot dead in Swiss mosque

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One person has died in Switzerland after a shooting took place in a mosque full of worshippers at Jummah prayers, police have said. Police arrested...

Swiss state bans burqa and niqab

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Wearing a burqa in public in the Swiss canton of Ticino will be an offence punishable by a fine of up to 10,000 francs...
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