Topic: Switzerland
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss Catholic Church is investigating around 10 allegations of abuse by clergy, including some acts committed since 2001, making Switzerland the latest country to be hit by a wave of scandal sweeping Europe. In a pastoral letter on ...
Swiss newspaper report: 60 people say they were abused by Catholic priests in SwitzerlandAround 60 people have reported being victims of abuse by Catholic priests in Switzerland, a Swiss abbot said in an interview published by a newspaper Saturday. Abbot Martin Werlen ...
After 200 years of neutrality, Swiss face 'holy war' from Gadhafi's Libya _ real or notAfter two centuries of neutrality, Switzerland found itself in a bizarre and unprecedented situation Friday, facing a would-be "holy war" announced by Libya's Moammar Gadhafi. The Swiss ...
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi turned up the heat in his country's dispute with Switzerland on Thursday, calling for jihad against the country over a ban adopted on the construction of minarets. "It is against unbelieving and apostate Switzerland that jihad (holy war) ...
Some 500 protesters gathered outside parliament in Bern on Saturday to condemn a Swiss ban on the building of new minarets, approved in a referendum last month. Some were seen with cardboard placards reading "Islam" and "We are Muslims, not Hitler," as ...
A Swiss businessman appalled by his fellow countrymen's decision to ban minarets has extended a chimney above his company building into a minaret in protest. "It was scandalous that the Swiss voted for the ban. Now we have the support of all ...
A Turkish minister said he expected Muslims to withdraw their money from Swiss banks in response to a referendum vote that banned the construction of minarets in the country, in remarks published Wednesday. "I am certain this (the vote) will prompt our ...
The Swiss foreign minister warned on Tuesday that a decision by voters in Switzerland to ban new mosque minarets could endanger security, amid stark warnings about a broader threat of extremism. Opponents of the ban in Switzerland vowed to press ahead with ...
A decision by voters in Switzerland to ban the construction of new mosque minarets will endanger security, Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said on Tuesday. "In any event, we are concerned by this vote," she told a meeting of the Organisation for Security ...
Switzerland confronted an international backlash and charges of intolerance on Monday as Islamic nations reacted with anger to a shock vote to ban new minarets. The Vatican joined in expressions of dismay after Sunday's vote for a constitutional ban on the construction ...
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