Talk:Islam in Switzerland

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A lead sentence of few words would be better. --Bhadani 07:41, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

About history do not forget to mention the decades of Arab rule in the 10th century and the obviously Arab settlements in Wallis. --Roksanna 17:06, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Removed following: "Islam is not an officially recognized religion in Switzerland"

This statement is of uncertain meaning. "Official" must be defined. Recognition of religion must be defined.

Recognition for purposes of church tax is possibly meant. This is different from canton to canton; currently I believe no cantons do this. However this has mostly (again depending on canton) the meaning that an optional church tax can be collected on the behalf of a religious institution by the canton as part of taxation. It does not imply any restriction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.35.31.33 (talk) 13:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

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Mosques

What is the difference between a mosque and a "[Muslim] prayer room"? Are we distinguishing entire standalone buildings as opposed to rooms within buildings that may be dedicated to other purposes besides, or what? Clarification is needed. --dab (𒁳) 16:57, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, there is a small differentiation. "There are prayer rooms (musallas) that are set up in offices and schools; these do not come under the rulings on mosques because they are not established as waqfs and as such they do not cease to be the property of their owners."https://islamqa.info/en/answers/170800/when-does-a-place-become-a-mosque The authors estimation takes these prayer rooms into account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KevinCherrribi (talk • contribs) 18:08, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

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Can somebody edit this sentence so it makes sense?

Article says. ~"In 2018, a Muslim couple was denied citizenship when they refused to answer questions from members of the Lausanne naturalisation board if they had the opposite sex." [Italics mine.]

What on earth does that sentence mean? It would make sense if it said, "they refused to answer if the had cooties." But "opposite sex" is not a disease! Is the question whether or not the man was really a woman & the woman really a man? People do have sex, & a cad might ask a couple if they had sex, but what would be "having the opposite sex"? (PeacePeace (talk) 02:10, 26 February 2019 (UTC))

Sex as in gender, not sex as in intercourse; the man refused to speak to the female board members and the woman refused to speak to male board members, which was taken by the board as evidence that they held views incompatible with Swiss values. As you could have checked yourself had you taken the five seconds necessary to click the reference. ‑ Iridescent 10:26, 15 March 2019 (UTC)