Zurich recommends ban on radicalised Koran distribution campaign | Reuters

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi | ZURICH ZURICH Zurich's public safety office on Friday recommended towns in Switzerland's most populous canton ban a campaign that hands out Korans in public spaces, describing it as a front for incitement of radical activities including jihadist involvement.The recommendation clashed with an assessment by federal intelligence services published three days before which concluded a ban on the campaign's Koran distribution would lead to a "strong conflict with the exercise of religious freedom".Zurich's security department urged communities not to provide a public platform for the Islamic "READ!" campaign, which it said had ties to jihadis in Switzerland and had a number of members being prosecuted by the attorney general."The community is not obliged to allow public space as a platform for spreading views that are irreconcilable with our society's basic and fundamental values," Zurich's Security Department wrote, citing a legal opinion it had sought.

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