%0 Journal Article
%T Direct Democracy versus Integration of the Muslim Minority in Switzerland
%A Matyja, Mirosław
%J Zoon Politikon
%V 2018
%R 10.4467/2543408XZOP.18.015.10510
%N 9/2018
%P 49-72
%K Swiss political system, direct democracy, Muslim minority, federalism, popular initiative "stop minaret", referendum, Switzerland
%@ 2082-7806
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zoon-politikon/article/demokracja-bezposrednia-versus-integracja-mniejszosci-muzulmanskiej-w-szwajcarii
%X 
	The analysis of the role of the Muslim minority in Switzerland is the subject of this article. The Swiss political system is blocking the rights of Muslim religious minority and its full inte-gration in Switzerland  and in the Swiss society. In Switzerland, the negative impact of direct democracy on the integration of Muslim religious minority exists. Limitation of full rights for the minority confirms the phenomenon of dysfunctionality in the Swiss direct democracy system.