Muslim students refusing to take mandatory swimming lessons in same sex pools as required for all children of various races, backgrounds and religions, have had their applications for citizenship denied. The reason: their refusal to assimilate and respect the very culture they wanted to take them in was proof that they weren't there to better Swiss society, but to force its citizens to adopt their foreign beliefs,

The Law of the Land is for ALL. This is the attitude in Switzerland and it should be our attitude too. Is it ? And if it isn’t we are all responsible to see that it is. Multiculturalism means all citizens means that all immigrants must accept the mores of Australia and in return will be accepted. All immigrants must accept that it does not mean that your mores will be accepted by Australians

The Swiss are a funny crew.

They rejected the citizenship of an American who had been living in Switzerland for over 40 years because he couldn't name enough Swiss friends. Over 50% of Swiss are negative toward the USA making it the most hostile in Europe.

In 2006 a study by the University of Geneva found that 20 percent of the Swiss are “affected by anti-Semitism” as in openly anti-Semitic.

There has only been a small and now diminishing Jewish presence there because of active discouragement of Jewish immigration. Part of this was achieved through a ban on Jewish ritual slaughter 'shechita', something that was tweeked a little in 1973 but remains in place.

Partly as a result the Jewish population in Switzerland is very small and diminishing.

So my question to the both of you is are you happy with the steps the Swiss took to limit Jewish migration into their country and what lessons do you think are applicable to Australia. Should we ban Kosher and Halal foods here?

No we should not ban anything. But we should try to discourage both Halal and Kosher. Perhaps making it compulsory to mark items for sale with a clearly visible mark, like cigarette packages.
Personally I have no idea what steps were promoted to restrict Jewish immigration or when or even if they are used. So no comment on that

While Switzerland is great for tourists, it's closer to North Korea for its citizens.

They have conscription and all men are forced to have a gun at home and serve in military reserves for one month a year, sometimes until the age of 50.

So while I am not surprised at this news of compulsory swimming lessons, it may further discourage me from buying Swiss goods.

The concept of "the law of the land" is an atrocity. Laws may only legitimately apply to those who willingly accept their framework.

The concept of "the law of the land" is an atrocity. Laws may only legitimately apply to those who willingly accept their framework, AND those not willing to accept those laws should not be permitted to live in that land.

There fixed that for you Yuyutsu.