a minute agoMuslim Albanians in Switzerland do not give up after rejection call for another mosque location
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(3 months ago)A mosque in the middle of the village? A lot of people in Siebnne didn't want that. Now they have achieved their goal, reports the SRF. The Albanian Muslim community, which wanted to turn the historic house into the village's main square into an Islamic cultural centre, is abandoning its plans at the moment 5,000 signatures made the community [...]
5,000 signatures led the community to reconsider the decision
“We don't want to divide the population,” has expressed the chairman of the Muslim community, Sinan Sadriu, for the “Rundschau” program. He also said that he did not want to face reproach.
Albanian Community Now Seeking Another Place for Mosque, Reports Albinfo. ch, broadcast Periscope.
The resistance was considerable: Local SVP collected about 5,000 signatures against the Albanian Muslim community's plans. A “mosque does not belong in the middle of the village,” explains Rita Rutz, owner of a weave shop in front of the house that was scheduled to become a mosque.
Resistance in Siebnne is not an isolated case.
The idea of mosques in the region is not an isolated case. Recently, for example, resistance to such projects was raised in the suburbs of Bern (Wittigkofen) and St. Gallen. The argument often mentioned is that “foreign culture” does not match Switzerland. /Periscope
