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| Outrage after Muslims ‘exempt from shaking female teachers' hands’ |
| 2016-04-06 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Male Muslim students at a school in northern Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... will no longer have to shake hands with their female teachers, following a ruling that was on Monday causing an uproar in the country. A school in the northern municipality of Therwil, in the canton of Basel, reached the controversial decision after two male students, aged 14 and 15, complained that the Swiss custom of shaking hands with the teacher is counter to their religious beliefs if the teacher is a woman. Swiss legal expert to rule on Muslim pupils' handshake exemption [AlAhram] A Swiss legal expert will decide on the validity of a controversial ruling that allows male Muslim students to avoid shaking hands with female teachers for religious reasons, an official said Tuesday. Switzerland's population of eight million people includes an estimated 350,000 Muslims. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 How long before the teacher is forced to wear a bag? It's coming... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-04-06 12:10 |
| #4 Make like your in a mosque and head slam 5 times while chantingin Teach is Hot. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-04-06 11:21 |
| #3 Shaking hands is against Islam, but raping is OK. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-04-06 09:51 |
| #2 shaking hands with the teacher is counter to their religious beliefs if the teacher is a woman You can also get an STD from a toilet seat. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-04-06 09:20 |
| #1 What the Swiss should do in response is pass a law that any male muslim in the schools should be castrated before attending. Then they will be 'safe' according to islamic (pig shit on allen) laws. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2016-04-06 00:32 |