Who is responsible for this reductionism? Pascal Gemperli would doubtless say that “Islamophobes” are responsible, when in reality jihad terrorists are wholly and solely responsible.
“Muslim umbrella group warns against stigmatisation of Islam,” SwissInfo, July 17, 2018:
The Federation of Islamic Organisations in Switzerland has warned against associating crimes with a certain religion.
In an interview with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on Tuesday, federation spokesperson Pascal Gemperli said that someone’s religious affiliation was not a determining factor in crime.
Muslim teenagers are not disproportionately represented in juvenile crime proceedings, according to Gemperli….
Many phenomena, such as honour killings, could not be explained by a single reason but must be understood within the multi-faceted context of religious, historical and social influences, Gemperli said.
‘Islam belongs to Switzerland’
The Federation of Islamic Organisations warned against the stigmatisation of Islam in Switzerland, pointing out that since 2013 the number of cases of discrimination against Muslims had more than doubled.
“Islam in its diversity is increasingly being reduced to problematic elements such as terror and radicalisation,” Gemperli said.
Since 9/11, Muslims in Switzerland have had a reputation problem and it was sometimes even suggested that they cannot be “real Swiss”, he said. “It is therefore important to realise that Islam belongs to Switzerland.”