Nat’l Center for Training Prayer Leaders in Switzerland

Swiss media say the country’s government plans to establish a national center for training Muslim prayers leaders.

According to rts website, the center is planned to be set up in the University of Fribourg.

The center is said to be aimed at training Muslim religious figures to lead prayers in mosques and Islamic centers.

Those who wish to take the center’s courses are required to have mastery over the languages spoken in Switzerland.

Fribourg University officials say the plan for establishing the center has not received the final approval yet.

They say the center is not an Islamic college and will not present Islamic courses to students but would acquaint those who have studied Islamic sciences in other countries with the Swiss culture and ways for promoting interfaith dialogue.

There are an estimated 500,000 Muslims in Switzerland, accounting to around 6 percent of the total population.

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