Swiss Deny Muslims Citizenship

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Swiss Do the Unthinkable: Deny Muslims Citizenship In this latest case, two Muslim girls were denied citizenship because they refused to swim in a pool with boys present. In April, members of an immigrant family in the Basel area were denied citizenship because they wore sweatpants around town and did not greet passersby -- a sure sign that they were not sufficiently assimilated, the naturalization board claimed. Another recent case sparked widespread outrage in Switzerland when two Muslim brothers refused to shake hands with their female teacher, also citing religious restrictions. Shaking hands with a teacher is a common practice in Swiss schools. This is not the first time Switzerland's Muslim community has stirred controversy over swimming lessons. In 2012, a family was fined $1,500 for forbidding their daughters to participate in swimming classes. The matter eventually ended up in the Supreme Court, which ruled that no dispensations from swimming lessons should be made on religious grounds. [FULL] My takeaway from this is the reverence with which the Swiss hold their citizenship.  Compared  to — ahem.