And now the Muslims attack the cross on the Swiss flag
mercoledì 28 settembre 2011 English 0 commenti
Il Giornale, September 28 2011A major campaign is about to start. It is staged by thelobby of Muslim immigrants in Switzerland, who, by now, account for 5 per cent of the Swiss population, i.e. 400,000 people. Their aim is to eliminate the historical brand of this Country, the cross on the flag. “This symbol is an offense against multiculturalism” says Ivica Petrusic, President of Second@plus, a lobby of second generation immigrants. She proposes a flag with the green, red and yellow colors of the 1799 Helvetian Republic. She insists, “this new flag would be similar to that of Bolivia and Ghana. It would represent a more progressive and open Switzerland”. Who knows. In the meantime, Muslim parents have obtained from a Court a decision to allow their children to attend swimming classes wearing «burkinis», a piece of clothing that covers the whole body. And women try to go to work wearing their hijab.
But Switzerland doesn’t seem very progressive for its identity: a group of supermarkets has dared banning the hijab during working hours, triggering an outcry; the Secretary of the Basel community was condemned for incitement to violence when he said on TV that women must be beaten up when they are not disciplined under the Sharia law. A 66 year-old woman in Berne was given (only) a three-year and six-month sentence for having encouraged the father and the brothers of her daughter–in-law to kill her for having violated their honor. And it is well known that Switzerland rejected the construction of minarets with a referendum: 57.5 per cent vs. 42.5.
Here comes the great battle for the flag: will the flag manage to keep its cross? Or even the red penknife?