Farhad Afshar

Farhad Afshar ( listen ^?^/^I ; * 1942 in Tehran ) is a Swiss sociologist of Iranian origin and President of the Coordination of Islamic Organizations Switzerland (KIOS).

At the Institute for Sociology at the University of Bern , he was Jean Ziegler's assistant . According to the NZZ am Sonntag , Afshar represents “a conservative Islam”, but often remains vague in the demands. He takes the position that for Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews etc. different partial legal systems should apply according to the religious writings. For Muslims, he therefore also advocates adopting Sharia law - "with certain adjustments to Switzerland".

Web links

Beat Stauffer: A master of veiling: What role the Bernese Muslim Farhad Afshar plays in interreligious dialogue is unclear , OnlineReports , February 13, 2005
Islamic associations in Switzerland severely fragmented (role of Afshar within the organizations of Swiss Muslims) , online reports, September 17, 2007

Individual evidence

↑ University of Bern course catalog, summer semester 1994.
↑ Men's Council of Religions: Lack of representation of Swiss women , NZZ am Sonntag, June 11, 2006.
↑ See Sharia courts in Switzerland? , NZZ, Dec. 28, 2008

personal data
SURNAME	Afshar, Farhad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH	1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tehran

[1] University of Bern course catalog, summer semester 1994.

[2] Men's Council of Religions: Lack of representation of Swiss women , NZZ am Sonntag, June 11, 2006.

[3] See Sharia courts in Switzerland? , NZZ, Dec. 28, 2008