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Letter to Embassy of Switzerland

Letter to Switzerland Embassy

His Excellency Didier Burkhalter,

Federal Councillor of Switzerland to United States,

2900 Cathedral Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20008-3499
United States of America

Dear Mr. Councillor:

On behalf of Shia Rights Watch we are writing to highlight our concerns regarding the safety and security of the Shia Muslims in Switzerland as a Shia Islamic Center was burned down on November 14th, 2013. Switzerland has been a safe country in which Shia Muslims live in peace and security. The recent incident that took place on the most important Shia holiday raised concerns about the safety of this minority group.

As you may know, on November 14th, 2013 a Shia Islamic Center was burned in the city of Lausanne. Unknown anti-Shia people burned down the center late at night. The center was scheduled to hold important Muharram Campaign as part of Shia rituals in the next morning. Fortunately no one was hurt, however there were many damages to the property such as scholarly and prayer books, prayer rugs, and many others belongings.

SRW is concerned that anti-Shi’ism is reaching Switzerland as it reached many countries in Middle East and Africa. Shia Muslims are minority within Islam and their rights have been violated by many terrorist groups.

SRW is writing to follow up on the case and urge the Switzerland government to prevent any Shia rights violation by investigation the violation. Please do update us on the results of the investigation.

Sincerely,

Mustafa Akhwand

Director of Shia Rights Watch

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