(Swiss Info) A court in the Swiss town of Biel/Bienne on Tuesday convicted Muslim preacher Abu Ramadan of welfare fraud and inciting racial hatred.
Ramadan, a Libyan national, was given a 14-month suspended jail sentence and is to be expelled from Switzerland for six years.
The court found that the preacher had illegally received social assistance amounting to almost CHF45,000 ($46,500), despite having an income from organising pilgrimages for Muslims. It also believed the prosecution’s case that the accused called for hatred against other religions during a preaching session in a Biel mosque.
