In a first such move by Switzerland, which should be applauded and replicated in other Western countries:
Switzerland has revoked the citizenship of a man convicted of helping recruit jihadist fighters, invoking a law allowing dual nationals to be stripped of their Swiss passports for conduct detrimental to national interests or reputation.
“Last year, Australia revoked the nationality of an Islamic State (IS) recruiter, despite some concerns the move would leave him stateless, while Britain in February stripped a 19-year-old teenager of citizenship on security grounds.” And the German parliament recently revised its Nationality Act “to make it tougher on those joining foreign terrorist groups, polygamists and naturalized citizens who committed fraud to gain citizenship.” Germany’s cabinet also “approved a change to the law allowing dual nationals to lose their citizenship if they fight for a foreign terrorist militia.”
In Canada, the Liberal government scrapped a law instituted by the former Conservative government to strip citizenship from convicted terrorists who have dual citizenship. The premise was logical and important, as reported by the Toronto Sun, that “if you commit high treason or acts of war against Canada, the thinking goes, you’ve forfeited your right to be Canadian.”
“Swiss Revoke Citizenship from Dual-National Islamic State Recruiter,” Jerusalem Post, September 11, 2019:
ZURICH – Switzerland has revoked the citizenship of a man convicted of helping recruit jihadist fighters, invoking a law allowing dual nationals to be stripped of their Swiss passports for conduct detrimental to national interests or reputation.
Though the Swiss federal immigration office said this was the first time it had made such a move under the 66-year-old law, other Western nations have also stripped citizenship of people linked to extremist violence in the Middle East.
Last year, Australia revoked the nationality of an Islamic State (IS) recruiter, despite some concerns the move would leave him stateless, while Britain in February stripped a 19-year-old teenager of citizenship on security grounds.
The Swiss office did not release the other nationality of the man, who is in prison after receiving a multiple-year sentence for crimes including membership in a terrorist organization, spreading IS propaganda and seeking to convince fighters to participate in jihadist violence in the Middle East.
The man, likely to be expelled from Switzerland after his eventual release from prison, still has the opportunity to appeal, the immigration office said, without identifying him.
After someone’s citizenship has been withdrawn, Switzerland can deny entry to them if deemed a security threat.
The Swiss government has had several cases in which it proposed revoking citizenship from those with multiple nationalities, including a 19-year-old Swiss-Italian man it identified in 2016 as having been a suspected IS jihadist….
DHazard says
Where do Muslim terrorists go when even Switzerland won’t take them in? North Korea maybe.
gravenimage says
Actually, Switzerland has been tougher on Jihad than have many other European nations.
dave says
more correctly anyone who joins islam is at war with the world according to the kkkoran all muslims must jihad until all the world is a islam caliphate and all religion is for allah that is the hidden truth most are too brainwashed to tell
Michael Copeland says
“We are at war and I am a soldier” – London 7/7 bomber
“I am a soldier and this is war” – killer of Lee Rigby
“Britain has always been Dar al Harb [the Realm of War]” – Anjem Choudary
They tell us, but nobody listens.
terry sullivan says
i listen but getting the message thru to most is very difficult. the whole concept of islam is jihad
gravenimage says
True, Michael.
Bikinis not Burkas says
Sweden!
observer says
Yes.
North Korea for sure.
Even better ……………. to China !
Guy George says
sure China will help them to become first class citizen. But it is not gonna be an easy process. The ones who will survive will be magnificient 🙂
mortimer says
Joining ISIS is the same as joining a country at war with your own. It is an act of treason. A migrant to a Western country should make a full commitment to that country when applying for citizenship. If they don’t, it is reasonable to revoke the citizenship, since the person’s application is insincere.
ISIS has the presumption of being the continuation of the worldwide, theocratic Islamic Empire founded by Mohammed in 632AD in Medina.
To join ISIS is to declare war against the world.
dave says
more correctly anyone who joins islam is at war with the world according to the kkkoran all muslims must jihad until all the world is a islam caliphate and all religion is for allah that is the hidden truth most are too brainwashed to tell
FYI says
You mention the kkkoran:I’m sure you know their book is called ….the kloran.
So klever…so kloriginal…
islam was founded by muhamed,the Whitest Man that Ever Lived, so I guess it isn’t surprising that islam’s arabic supremacist ideology with its violent antisemitism and centuries of enslaving black Africans inspires others with a similar view.
gravenimage says
Yes–that the Klan calls their book “the Kloran” is very telling.
mortimer says
It should be pointed out that anyone who joined ISIS was required to renounce their citizenship and burn their passports.
Me says
Really… A slap on the hand. These tyrants need a … Lobotomy…
gravenimage says
That gets these Jihadists out of the civilized world. I think this is important.
Wellington says
Switzerland is pointing to the optimal position that should be taken by EVERY Western nation, i.e., any Muslim in the West acting upon any heinous and unlawful dictate of Islam, of which there are so many—death for apostasy, honor killings (no, this is not just some “cultural phenomenon”), death for any criticism of Mo’s abominable creed, engaging in jihad (the holy war crap, which is what jihad means 97% of the time in the Islamic texts, and not the spiritual struggle rot which constitutes only 3% of the meaning of jihad in said texts), the allowance for the hitting of women per Sura 4:34, subverting Western legal systems in general, for instance by furtively engaging in polygamy versus monogamy, et al. should be stripped of citizenship whether native born or an immigrant who has attained such status.
Islam is disgusting many times over. Stupid too, because if you think Allah exists, that a 7th-century brutal psychopath (albeit a very clever one) was the last and greatest of the prophets and is the Model Man for all time, and that the made-up hate manual which is the Koran was authored by a spiritual being, then you are a fool of the first order and should be ridiculed again and again. BUT, being disgusting and stupid should be permitted in free societies (N.B., free societies and Islam go as well together as a marathon runner who smokes five packs of cigarettes a day), but ACTING upon iniquitous provisions, just a few of which I have already noted, should NEVER be allowed in Western free polities.
The burden continues. The burden is Islam. Being smart and informed about it and thereafter acting accordingly to preserve liberty is an imperative of the first degree. One who cherishes and enjoys real freedom knows this or should know it.
gravenimage says
Hear, hear!
terry sullivan says
islam should be proscribed in all civilized countries
no moslem should ever hold political office
gravenimage says
Switzerland: Citizenship revoked of Muslim convicted of recruiting jihad fighters for Islamic State
………………
*Good*.
infidel says
The upcoming Canadian elections are a watershed point for that country where the votes of immigrants are skewing the elections big time. Canadians may be sadly be unable to vote in the party that they feel will work in the best interests of the nation. And this is what happens when a country immigrates people indiscriminately, esp Muslims, who skew the politics of the infidel land where they emigrate to with their toxic submarine sharia agenda….This is the same situation in many Islamic ghettos in India where nationalistic patriotic people are UNABLE to get elected and destroys the health of the democracy in those areas. Canada is headed sadly the same way…. How ironic it is that those that let in people in their lands with generosity are prevented by this very people whom they let in to elect the leaders that they want.
Angemon says
Indeed.
Peter says
I think the Australian Government’s attempt to revoke Neil Prakash’s citizenship ultimately failed. The attempt was made on the assumption that Prakash was also a Fijian citizen. However, the Fijian Government denied this. It appears that Prakash was, and is, entitled to apply for Fijian citizenship because one, or maybe even both of his parents are Fijian, but he has not applied for Fijian citizenship. Given his history and current circumstances, he is unlikely to be granted it. It appears that Prakash is only an Australian citizen, and therefore cannot be rendered stateless by Australia under UN conventions. But, hats off to Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton for at least trying to do it.