04 October 2011

Muslim leaders distance themselves from call to change ‘offensive’ Swiss flag

A SUGGESTION that the Swiss flag, with its prominent cross, should be replaced with one less likely to offend non-Christians has been dismissed as “wrong and counterproductive” by an Islamic group in that country.

The proposal, which is said here to have caused unwelcome tensions between the Swiss majority and the country’s five percent Muslim minority, was made by Christian multi-culturalist, Ivica Petrusic, Vice President of an immigrant association Secondos Plus. We reported the original story here. [The Freethinker] Read more