The stubborn Muslim of St.Margrethen (Swiss Press Text 2016, by Marcel Elsener)

The stubborn Muslim of St.Margrethen

St.Galler Tagblatt

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2016

Marcel Elsener

Forced to wear a headscarf in school, denied ski camp: For years, a Muslim father in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley has been wrangling with the authorities. The SVP wants to expel him, while the CVP demands strict integration regulations. A home visit to an uncompromisingly devout Christian.

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Marcel Elsener / Swiss Press Award

Marcel Elsener

Redaktor, St.gallen, 1964

Jahrgang 1964, Studium Philosophie und Journalistik in Fribourg. Seit 1989 Journalist/Redaktor, u.a. Die Ostschweiz, Kulturmagazin Saiten, WOZ, New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, St.Galler Tagblatt. Mehrere Buchbeiträge.

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