Konfessionelle Grabfelder auf öffentlichen Friedhöfen

Separate burial plots for deceased individuals of the Muslim faith, as established in recent years in some public cemeteries in Switzerland, can be understood as a measure of integration policy. However, they do not fit into the concept of public cemetery systems, which were deliberately secularized in the 19th century to avoid unequal treatment and religious conflicts. This study presents the historical background and the constitutional situation of state burial law; the documentation at the end illustrates the cantonal burial law.