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October 2015

October 23, 2015

Friday Links

Canada: MMW’s own Shireen Ahmed was on the CBC radio show The Current talking about...

April 2015

April 21, 2015

Recent Muslimish News Coverage in the Geneva Daily Le Temps

Le Temps is the French part of Switzerland’s newspaper of record, and one of...

March 2015

March 17, 2015

A proposed headscarf ban in the Swiss Canton of Valais

So apparently Swiss politicians, lacking in creativity, have nothing better to do than copy...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

A Potential Burqa Ban at the Federal Level in Switzerland

The optimism in my last post, at least for Switzerland, has been tempered with news...

December 01, 2014

The Latest on the Headscarf “Situation” in Switzerland

The Swiss federal government gives a lot of leeway to cantons, cities and even schools...

December 04, 2012

Recent Good News Out of Switzerland

Courts in the Swiss canton of Thurgau have overturned on appeal the cantonal school district’s...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

The “Muslim Kristallnacht” and a Swiss Twittergate

One of the more colorful Muslim figures in Switzerland making the media rounds the past...

June 06, 2012

Yet Another Sensationalist Story about Muslim Girls and Swimming Lessons

Certain topics related to Muslims seem to go on and on like broken records in...

January 2011

January 18, 2011

Swiss Miss: Temps Present’s Mixed Bag of Information

The Swiss political and media landscape is charged with loaded images of Muslim women. The...

December 2010

December 28, 2010

Switzerland’s Latest Referendum: No Uglies Allowed

On November 28th, the Swiss voted in one of their many referendums. The topic of...

December 28, 2009

Switzerland’s Minaret Ban: New Victims for an Old Propaganda

Last month, Swiss voters approved a ban on the construction of mosque minarets. It’s worth...