ZURICH, May 5- Zurich's public safety office on Friday recommended towns in Switzerland's most populous canton ban a campaign that hands out Korans in public spaces, describing it as a front for incitement of radical activities including jihadist involvement. The recommendation clashed with an assessment by federal intelligence services published three days before which concluded a ban on the campaign's Koran distribution would lead to a 'strong conflict with the exercise of religious freedom.' Zurich's security department urged communities not to provide a public platform for the Islamic 'READ!' campaign, which it said had ties to Jihadists in Switzerland and had a number of members being prosecuted by the attorney general. 'The community is not obliged to allow public space as a platform for spreading views that are irreconcilable with our society's basic and fundamental values,' Zurich's Security Department wrote, citing a legal opinion it had sought. 'Such actions may thus be prohibited within the current legal framework.' The READ campaign could not be reached for comment.
