Swiss Muslim group denies wrongdoing over jihadist documentary


  • World
  • Monday, 21 Dec 2015

Leading member of the Islamic Central Council Switzerland (ICCS) Naim Cherni speaks to the media in Bern, Switzerland December 21, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

ZURICH (Reuters) - An executive at a Swiss Muslim organisation said on Monday that a documentary he had made about jihadists in Syria was intended to shed a harsh light on their activities rather than glorify them as prosecutors have alleged.

A criminal investigation against Naim Cherni, head of the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland's (ICCS) multimedia department, was launched with the country on high alert after the Islamist State attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 which killed 130 people.

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