He said it was against his religious beliefs to shake women’s hands, although he was happy to shake the hands of male colleagues. It’s not just men who don’t want to shake women’s hands, there are also women who don’t want to shake hands with men,” he said. Most prominently, a leading member of the Green Party, which sits in the coalition government, was forced out of his post after it emerged that he refused to shake women’s hands. In Switzerland, two teenage boys raised the hackles of some politicians when it emerged that they had refused to shake the hands of female teachers. Photo: Anders Wiklund/TTThe Local · 22 Jul 2016, 14:12Published: 22 Jul 2016 14:12 GMT+02:00A man is suing a local council in Sweden after he lost his job for refusing to shake hands with female colleagues.

Source: The Local July 22, 2016 12:22 UTC