evidence: In August, Socialist Party president Christian Levrat, called for a debate on the place of islam in Switzerland saying: "We must reflect on whether we want to recognize islam as an official religion. That would avoid leaving the training and financing of imams to foreign, sometimes fundamentalist groups." PDC (CVP) president, Gerhard Pfister, has voiced opposition to official recognition of islam in Switzerland several times. [...] Some like Jean-Noël Cuénod, a Swiss journalist, author, religious history expert and government advisor, think Geneva is an integration model for the rest of Switzerland. Cantons that recognise some religions but exclude islam will aid radical muslims who feel excluded by the state, he says. Geneva avoids this by recognising no religion.