{"id":73396,"date":"2021-03-07T13:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T13:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=73396"},"modified":"2021-03-07T13:14:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T13:14:30","slug":"swiss-to-vote-on-burqa-ban-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/73396-swiss-to-vote-on-burqa-ban-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss to vote on &#8216;burqa ban&#8217; plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-07_14-15-58-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-07_14-15-58-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-07_14-15-58-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-07_14-15-58-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-07_14-15-58-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-07_14-15-58.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Switzerland votes Sunday on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places, despite women in Islamic full-face veils being an exceptionally rare sight in Swiss streets.<br>Polls indicate a slim majority support the move, in a vote that comes after years of debate following similar bans in other European countries &#8212; and in some Muslim-majority states.<br>The Swiss are voting on the publicly triggered proposal &#8220;Yes to a ban on full facial coverings&#8221;.<br>It does not mention the burqa or the niqab &#8212; which leaves the eyes uncovered &#8212; but there is no doubt what the debate is about.<br>Campaign posters reading &#8220;Stop radical Islam!&#8221; and &#8220;Stop extremism!&#8221;, featuring a woman in a black niqab, have been plastered around Swiss cities.<br>Rival posters read: &#8220;No to an absurd, useless and Islamophobic &#8216;anti-burqa&#8217; law&#8221;.<br>The ban would mean that nobody could cover their face completely in public &#8212; whether in shops or the open countryside.<br>There would be exceptions, including for places of worship.<br>&#8220;It&#8217;s a question of civilization. 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