Voters support the ban on covering up faces in public places

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Switzerland has voted in favor of a ban on face masking in public places, including the burqa or niqab worn by Muslim women.Official results showed the measure passed a 51.2% to 48.8% referendum on Sunday.The proposal was brought up by the Swiss Right-wing Party (SVP), which campaigned with slogans such as "Extreme stop The leading Swiss Islamic group said it was "Dark days" for Muslims Today's decision opens up old wounds, extends the principles of legal inequality and sends a clear signal of exclusion of the Muslim minority," the Muslim Central Council said in a statement, adding that it would challenge a court decision.The Swiss government has disputed the ban, saying it is not up to the state to dictate what women wear.Based on research from the University of Lucerne. (German) Hardly anyone in Switzerland wears the burqa, and only about 30 women wear the niqab.About 5% of Switzerland's 8.6 million people are predominantly Islam.

From Turkey, Bosnia and Kosovo The slotxo Swiss are forthright in their own affairs under the country's direct democracy. They are regularly invited to vote on various issues at the national or regional referendum.This is not the first time Islam has thought. In a 2009 Swiss referendum, people opposed government advice and voted against building the minarets - the SVP's proposal, which said the minaret was a sign of the ministry. Isla The proposals in Sunday's referendum do not address Islam directly and are aimed at stopping street protesters from wearing masks. The vote, however, is widely called "Prohibition of the Burgas"The latest offers come ahead of the coronavirus outbreak, meaning all Swiss adults are required to wear masks in many areas.


Swiss voters give orders to ban 'jein'

Today, there is a vote of total face masking, from nikbabs and burqas to bandana rioters, sometimes tugging on their faces.That's what campaigners Yes from the Swiss People's Party insist - but their posterand literature say otherwise, expressing threats to women in black and a warning to Islamic radicalism.Do the results mean that the Swiss are becoming more violent? Are they Islamic or not?Maybe not. In the end, the ban only rang. Historically, the Swiss People's Party had a much larger majority for populist initiatives, often aimed at restricting asylum and immigration.It succeeded in pushing the minaret ban in 2009 with a campaign similar to this one. But the debate over facial masking touches on all sorts of different nerves. Many Swiss feminists view burqa and niqab as oppressive women. But they are against laws that tell women that they can and cannot wear.

When it came to voting, they were ripped off. The usual answer from women asking if they would support the ban was "Jein", a cross between "Ja" (yes) and "Nein" (no), a close vote in Switzerland today. It should be "Jein" as well.Sanija Ameti, a member of the Swiss Muslim community that the campaign and depicting Muslim women in the posters caused outrage.Many Muslims in Switzerland feel insulted and not part of this society and pushed into angles they are not part of. We don't look like these women in our pictures. It is not, ”she said.However, others in the Muslim community supported the ban.Imam Mustafameti from Bern told the BBC he thought the motive behind the campaign was: But he said he supported the ban because it could help free Muslim women in Switzerland.Prior to the vote, Walter Wobmann,

chairman of the SVP referendum committee and lawmaker, said of covering the face of Muslims:In Switzerland it is our tradition to show your face, that's a sign of our fundamental freedom," he said.Amnesty International has opposed the proposed ban, calling it "the first of its kind." "Policies that are dangerous to violate women's rights, including freedom of expression and religion"The wearing of the Islamic veil in public has been a controversial issue in other European countries.France banned the veil in public in 2011, while the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria and Bulgaria banned the veil. All or part of the face in public.