Switzerland: Proposal to implement Sharia law

Switzerland: Proposal to implement Sharia law

Christian Giordano, professor for social anthropology at the University of Freiburg, argues in the Tangram journal (of the official commission against racism) that Sharia should be partially implemented in Switzerland.  In this way Giordano intends to take the wind out of the sails of those who want to ban minarets.  Giordano wants to implement Sharia in civil, financial and family law, so as to take into account cultural peculiarities and in order to deal with the cultural chasm between Swiss and immigrants.  Integration expert Thomas Kessler objects, saying that judges already take the personal background of the accused into account when passing sentence.

Source: Tages Anzeiger (German), summarized by NRP (Dutch)

See also: Switzerland: Proposal for Muslim official holidays

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