17 minutes agoSwiss ban construction of Albanian mosque in Siebnen, collection of five thousand signatures
Periskopi(3 months ago)
(3 months ago)A mosque in the middle of the village? A lot of people in Siebnan didn't want this. Now they have achieved the goal. 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. After 5,000 signatures of [...]
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.
This after 5,000 signatures have been reached made the community reconsider the decision
We don't want to divide the population,” The chairman of the Muslim community, Sinan Sadriou, has expressed himself for the “Rundschau” program.
He also said that he did not want to face reproach.
The Albanian community is now seeking another place for mosque.
The resistance was considerable: Local SVP collected about 5,000 signatures against the Albanian Muslim community's plans. A “mosque does not belong to 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, writes the SRF, broadcast albinfo.
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.
