Switzerland News » Zurich News Switzerland » Zurich » Religion: A Cup of Tea with Muslims in Switzerland: When Minarets Became a National Issue
Switzerland’s Muslim community has evolved from a largely immigrant population into an established part of the country’s social fabric. Official statistics, historical research and academic studies ...
News Switzerland » Zurich » Religion: Switzerland minaret ban would breach freedom of religion obligations
A ban on the construction of minarets would breach Switzerland’s obligations to uphold freedom of religion, Amnesty International said ahead of a referendum next Sunday on a constitutional amendment.
News Switzerland » Zurich » Religion: Swiss Atheists Crusade Against School Religion Classes
ZURICH – The fastest-growing religious status in the central Swiss canton of Zurich is not Islam, but atheism. According to the most recent census, one in five Zurich residents professes no religion ...
News Switzerland » Zurich » Religion: Religion and Assisted and Non-assisted Suicide in Switzerland: National Cohort Study
Background In the 19th century, eminent French sociologist Emile Durkheim found suicide rates to be higher in the Protestant compared with the Catholic cantons of Switzerland. We examined religious ...
News Switzerland » Zurich » Religion: Sikyong Penpa Tsering Engages with Tibet Institute Rikon Leadership and Tibetan Community in Switzerland
On 10 October 2026, Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), accompanied by Representative Thinlay Chukki of the Tibet Bureau Geneva, visited the Tibet Institute Rikon in ...