TY - JOUR TI - Direct Democracy versus Integration of the Muslim Minority in Switzerland AU - Matyja, Mirosław TI - Direct Democracy versus Integration of the Muslim Minority in Switzerland AB - 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. VL - 2018 IS - 9/2018 PY - 2019 SN - 2082-7806 C1 - 2543-408X SP - 49 EP - 72 DO - 10.4467/2543408XZOP.18.015.10510 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zoon-politikon/article/demokracja-bezposrednia-versus-integracja-mniejszosci-muzulmanskiej-w-szwajcarii KW - Swiss political system KW - direct democracy KW - Muslim minority KW - federalism KW - popular initiative "stop minaret" KW - referendum KW - Switzerland