The Local Switzerland https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Geneva politicians exempted from religious symbols ban A Geneva court ruled Tuesday that parliamentarians in the Swiss region could wear visible religious symbols like the Muslim headscarf, exempting them from a "secularism law" adopted by popular vote in February. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191127/court-geneva-politicians-can-wear-religious-symbols Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:02:59 +0100 court-geneva-politicians-can-wear-religious-symbols Muslim woman wins headscarf court battle A Swiss court has ruled against a company that fired a longtime employee after she began wearing the Muslim headscarf, marking one of the first such rulings in Switzerland, media reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161023/swiss-court-rules-in-favour-of-woman-fired-over-headscarf Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:27:37 +0200 swiss-court-rules-in-favour-of-woman-fired-over-headscarf Swiss politician argues against hijab in ID photos Should the Islamic headscarf be banned in photographs for official Swiss documents? One politician is suggesting so. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160923/swiss-politician-argues-against-hijab-in-id-photos Fri, 23 Sep 2016 12:50:56 +0200 swiss-politician-argues-against-hijab-in-id-photos School tells Muslim pupil to take off veil in class A high school in the canton of Bern has forbidden a pupil from wearing the hijab in class, Swiss media reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150824/pupil-ordered-to-remove-veil-in-class Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:16:32 +0200 pupil-ordered-to-remove-veil-in-class