European court: Swiss Muslim girls must swim with boys

[ashok321]

European Court of Human Rights upholds fines on Swiss Muslim parents who refused mixed swimming lessons for daughters.


The European Court of Human Rights upheld a decision of a Swiss court backing fines on Muslim parents who refused to allow their daughters to take part in mixed swimming lessons on the basis of their religion.

The parents, both Turkish-Swiss dual nationals, appealed to the court over a fine handed down by education authorities after they declined to send two of their daughters to mixed swimming lessons.

They said that the requirement, imposed by the school up until the age of puberty as part of its physical education curriculum, violated their right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion enshrined in article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

While the court acknowledged that the requirement was an interference with the freedom of religion, it ruled that the interference represented a "legitimate aim" to protect foreign pupils from social exclusion.

European court: Swiss Muslim girls must swim with boys
Swiss Muslim girls must learn to swim with boys, court rules

 

[monitor]

European Court of Human Rights upholds fines on Swiss Muslim parents who refused mixed swimming lessons for daughters.


The European Court of Human Rights upheld a decision of a Swiss court backing fines on Muslim parents who refused to allow their daughters to take part in mixed swimming lessons on the basis of their religion.

The parents, both Turkish-Swiss dual nationals, appealed to the court over a fine handed down by education authorities after they declined to send two of their daughters to mixed swimming lessons.

They said that the requirement, imposed by the school up until the age of puberty as part of its physical education curriculum, violated their right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion enshrined in article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

While the court acknowledged that the requirement was an interference with the freedom of religion, it ruled that the interference represented a "legitimate aim" to protect foreign pupils from social exclusion.

European court: Swiss Muslim girls must swim with boys
Swiss Muslim girls must learn to swim with boys, court rules

Why a girl have to swim with boys. If there are man's toilet and women toilet then why not separate swim for girls and boys. Europe should respect the culture of others . If anyone feel uncomfortable swim in front of other gender you can't force him/her doing that.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Good decision.

If anyone feel uncomfortable swim in front of other gender you can't force him/her doing that.

Exactly. They should not swim in public pools in that case. Or they can leave the adopted country. European culture is not compatible with this family. Europe need not adjust to it. This foreign family needs to.

 

[ito]

Why a girl have to swim with boys. If there are man's toilet and women toilet then why not separate swim for girls and boys. Europe should respect the culture of others . If anyone feel uncomfortable swim in front of other gender you can't force him/her doing that.

Be a roman when you are in rome.

 

[ashok321]

Why a girl have to swim with boys. If there are man's toilet and women toilet then why not separate swim for girls and boys. Europe should respect the culture of others . If anyone feel uncomfortable swim in front of other gender you can't force him/her doing that.

You may not agree with the verdict, but its EU ruling for Switzerland case, which is also a case law for future such matters involving all other EU countries.

 

[Tamilnadu]

Why a girl have to swim with boys. If there are man's toilet and women toilet then why not separate swim for girls and boys. Europe should respect the culture of others . If anyone feel uncomfortable swim in front of other gender you can't force him/her doing that.

then the parents should have looked for girls only school .

 

[AViet]

Be a roman when you are in rome.

They are Roman, but Muslim Roman. Islam is also an European religion

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

Their country, their rules.

 

[Jaanbaz]

You may not agree with it but its their country and their culture. If you know that your religion or culture would clash with their values why not just find another country which is similar to your values.

 

[razgriz19]

Why a girl have to swim with boys. If there are man's toilet and women toilet then why not separate swim for girls and boys. Europe should respect the culture of others . If anyone feel uncomfortable swim in front of other gender you can't force him/her doing that.

Actually we have gender neutral bathrooms all over Canada.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

Why a girl have to swim with boys. If there are man's toilet and women toilet then why not separate swim for girls and boys. Europe should respect the culture of others . If anyone feel uncomfortable swim in front of other gender you can't force him/her doing that.

Because swimmingpools are common resources.
Your suggestion is that a common resource should be blocked for use by one half of the population all the time.
For swimming lessons, you need a teacher.
With separate swimming lessons, the teacher needs to do the same thing twice.
Typically swimming lessons are on a class basis.

 

[Friendly]

Perfect decision, productive for integration and equality between genders.
Morocco prohibited Burka within 48 hours.

 

[Blue Marlin]

err................ dont they all do that? over here the kids swim by class's not by gender or religion, but obivously they have separate changing rooms.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

err................ dont they all do that? over here the kids swim by class's not by gender or religion, but obivously they have separate changing rooms.

Here in Sweden, we have separate changing rooms, before we enter the mixed gender Sauna.

 

[Krishnan]

Why a girl have to swim with boys. If there are man's toilet and women toilet then why not separate swim for girls and boys. Europe should respect the culture of others . If anyone feel uncomfortable swim in front of other gender you can't force him/her doing that.

Because this is Europe, not Saudi Arabia.

What do you people expect when you move to the West? Either you adopt the culture or go back to your country. Stop forcing your beliefs on the host nations!