Around 30,000 women in Switzerland have converted to Islam (SWISS SITE) (legislation, muslims)

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Alslam Alykom

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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissin...07&sid=5416761

Alslam Alykom

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Islam in Switzerland

Prior to 1960, the presence of Muslims within the Swiss population was rare. That changed with three waves of immigration: one economic-based, one family-based, and one politically-based.
The first wave, occurring in the late 1960's, was mainly born of economic reasons and consisted chiefly of men coming to work in Switzerland with no particular intention to stay permanently in the country. These immigrants were mostly from Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, and Albania.

The second wave came in the late 1970's after Switzerland changed its legislation concerning foreigners to allow family regrouping. This decision had direct implications: from this point on, Islam was no longer only a masculine ephemeral social fact in Switzerland, but had become a reality with the presence of families.

The last wave is a political one consisting of foreigners seeking asylum from oppressive dictatorships, various civil wars, famines and other reasons.

Based on the census of the year 2000, Muslims represent 4.3% of the total population of Switzerland.

http://euro-islam.info/pages/swiss.html