IQNA – A proposed mosque in the Swiss village of Siebnen, canton of Schwyz, has been abandoned after intense local opposition.
News ID: 3497047 Publish Date : 2026/04/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Swiss Ambassador to Iran Markus Leitner was summoned on Friday to convey Iran’s protest against US President Donald Trump’s anti-Tehran comments.
News ID: 3470907 Publish Date : 2020/03/14
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Most Swiss newspaper articles on Muslims convey a negative story, according to a recent study.
News ID: 3466695 Publish Date : 2018/09/04
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Swiss Center for Islam and Society announced the start of a training program that will prepare Muslim spiritual leaders to give emergency support in hospitals, at care-homes or after an accident.
News ID: 3466674 Publish Date : 2018/09/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Swiss city of Lausanne blocked a Muslim couple’s bid to become Swiss nationals over their refusal to shake hands with members of the opposite sex.
News ID: 3466544 Publish Date : 2018/08/18
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Federation of Islamic Organizations in Switzerland warned against associating crimes with a certain religion.
News ID: 3466295 Publish Date : 2018/07/17
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The woman's shadowed eyes stare out from a black niqab with the poster's tagline urging Swiss voters to reject "uncontrolled naturalization."
News ID: 3462183 Publish Date : 2017/02/12
TEHRAN (IQNA) – After recent German government action against Salafists, the Swiss authorities have decided to take action, too, but by banning distribution of the Quran instead of preventing spread of Salafist ideology, which has nothing to do with the Quran.
News ID: 3461471 Publish Date : 2016/11/21
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The president of the leftwing Social Democrat Party has added his voice to the religious debate in Switzerland, calling for a discussion about the status of Islam in the country.
News ID: 3460788 Publish Date : 2016/08/23
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) Islamic Cultural Center in Switzerland in a statement condemned the move by Saudi Arabia to sentence prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr to death.
News ID: 3433506 Publish Date : 2015/11/02
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The fourth edition of the religious symposium between the Iranian Center for Inter-religious Dialogue, affiliated to the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, and the Swiss Bishops Conference will be held on October 19 and 20 in Bern, Switzerland.
News ID: 3388612 Publish Date : 2015/10/19
TEHRAN (IQNA) - Halal meat served around the clock, copies of the Quran in hotel rooms: The Swiss tourist industry is rolling out the red carpet – plus prayer mats with built-in compasses – for increasing numbers of Arab Muslim tourists.
News ID: 3285352 Publish Date : 2015/05/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) - Calls by a far-right politician for banning Muslim refugees in Switzerland have been criticized by several politicians, who considered his approach “discriminatory”.
News ID: 2696429 Publish Date : 2015/01/11
TEHRAN (IQNA) - Praising his courage and tolerant approach, a Muslim imam in Bern has been named Swiss of the Year by the Swiss weekly newspaper SonntagsZeitung.
News ID: 2646980 Publish Date : 2014/12/29
A Swiss court has overturned a ban imposed earlier by a school in the northeastern canton of Saint Gallen on Islamic hijab worn by a 13-year-old girl, labeling the ban as unjustified.
News ID: 1472929 Publish Date : 2014/11/14
The Swiss Canton of Zurich has decided against the opening of the first Islamic kindergarten in the country.
News ID: 1411753 Publish Date : 2014/05/28
Switzerland’s first Islamic research center has opened its doors to promote the moderate values of Islam in the European country and offer Swiss Muslim a rare Islamic education in Deutsche.
News ID: 1399564 Publish Date : 2014/04/26
Islamic institutions in Switzerland have warned against issuing permission for inauguration of a school belonging to Salafis.
News ID: 1374478 Publish Date : 2014/02/12
