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25-11-2015, 04:47 PM
https://www.rt.com/news/323448-burqa-nijab-ban-switzerland/
Swiss Canton votes overwhelmingly to ban Islamic burqa
- Two in Three Swiss voters backed the ban in the Ticino Canton in a 2013 referendum
- Canton parliament have just approved the referendum making it onto the law books
- Swiss Confederal Parliament and Government have said the ban does not breach confederal law
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/7/1/1404212572002/A-woman-wearing-a-burqa-i-012.jpg
The burqa: Once uncommon even in Islamic countries like Afghanistan 50 years ago, the rise of radical Islam has made them widespread
Women wearing a burqa or niqab in the Swiss Canton of Ticino will be faced with a fine of up to $9,790, after the government made it illegal to wear the veils in public. Almost two-thirds of the region's voters supported the ban in a 2013 referendum. The legislation, passed by the cantonal parliament of the Italian-speaking Swiss region on Monday, states that those found wearing the garments will be forced to pay a penalty ranging from 100 francs (US$98) to 10,000 francs ($9,787).
The law makes no exceptions for tourists. People visiting Ticino will be informed at airports and by customs officials at the Italian border that it is unlawful in the canton to hide their face. Forty-thousand people visited Ticino from the Middle East last year. The Ticino government had wanted the ban on burqas and niqabs to also apply to other head coverings that hide the face, such as masks and balaclavas worn by demonstrators. However, MPs voted for a law that applies only to the wearing of Muslim veils, the Local reported.
Special security measures were put in place for the parliamentary session dealing with the ban. A metal detection device was temporarily installed to screen people when they entered parliament, according to the ATS news agency. The ban was supported by two-thirds of the region's voters in a September 2013 referendum. The vote was organized under Switzerland's direct democracy, which allows proposals to be put to the public if enough signatures are collected.
Giorgio Ghiringhelli, who drew up the proposal, said at the time that the move would send a message to “Islamist fundamentalists,” who he claimed were in Ticino and across the country, Reuters reported. Amnesty International, however, called the results a “black day for human rights in Ticino.” The Swiss parliament said the ban does not violate federal law, and a parliamentary spokeswoman told AFP that the legislation could go into effect in April.
Ticino's new law is similar to legislation in France, which was the first European country to ban the burqa and all other forms of face covering. The French law was passed in 2010 and went into effect the following year. It was upheld in the European Court of Human Rights in July 2014, and similar laws have since been passed in Belgium and the Netherlands.
There are around 400,000 Muslims in Switzerland, totaling about five percent of the country's population.
Excellent. That now makes one of the Swiss Cantons, France, Belgium and the Netherlands who have outlawed the backwards veil.
I never used to be keen as a libertarian on using law to regulate behaviour hence why i'll always argue against internet regulations or smoking regulations but given how mass islamic immigration is making some of our towns and cities now resemble downtown Karachi or Ridiyah then i'm all for it. If this is what it takes to force integration then it needs to be done because the peoples of Europe are fed up to the back teeth with it. Leave the 13th century clothes at the door when you come in or don't come in at all, along with any 13th century attitudes you may have towards free speech, other religions, the Jews or gay people and women. The burqa to me is a statement saying "we don't want to integrate and want nothing to do with your society" - well that has to end.
I'd expect the other Swiss Cantons will now follow in referendums.
Swiss Canton votes overwhelmingly to ban Islamic burqa
- Two in Three Swiss voters backed the ban in the Ticino Canton in a 2013 referendum
- Canton parliament have just approved the referendum making it onto the law books
- Swiss Confederal Parliament and Government have said the ban does not breach confederal law
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/7/1/1404212572002/A-woman-wearing-a-burqa-i-012.jpg
The burqa: Once uncommon even in Islamic countries like Afghanistan 50 years ago, the rise of radical Islam has made them widespread
Women wearing a burqa or niqab in the Swiss Canton of Ticino will be faced with a fine of up to $9,790, after the government made it illegal to wear the veils in public. Almost two-thirds of the region's voters supported the ban in a 2013 referendum. The legislation, passed by the cantonal parliament of the Italian-speaking Swiss region on Monday, states that those found wearing the garments will be forced to pay a penalty ranging from 100 francs (US$98) to 10,000 francs ($9,787).
The law makes no exceptions for tourists. People visiting Ticino will be informed at airports and by customs officials at the Italian border that it is unlawful in the canton to hide their face. Forty-thousand people visited Ticino from the Middle East last year. The Ticino government had wanted the ban on burqas and niqabs to also apply to other head coverings that hide the face, such as masks and balaclavas worn by demonstrators. However, MPs voted for a law that applies only to the wearing of Muslim veils, the Local reported.
Special security measures were put in place for the parliamentary session dealing with the ban. A metal detection device was temporarily installed to screen people when they entered parliament, according to the ATS news agency. The ban was supported by two-thirds of the region's voters in a September 2013 referendum. The vote was organized under Switzerland's direct democracy, which allows proposals to be put to the public if enough signatures are collected.
Giorgio Ghiringhelli, who drew up the proposal, said at the time that the move would send a message to “Islamist fundamentalists,” who he claimed were in Ticino and across the country, Reuters reported. Amnesty International, however, called the results a “black day for human rights in Ticino.” The Swiss parliament said the ban does not violate federal law, and a parliamentary spokeswoman told AFP that the legislation could go into effect in April.
Ticino's new law is similar to legislation in France, which was the first European country to ban the burqa and all other forms of face covering. The French law was passed in 2010 and went into effect the following year. It was upheld in the European Court of Human Rights in July 2014, and similar laws have since been passed in Belgium and the Netherlands.
There are around 400,000 Muslims in Switzerland, totaling about five percent of the country's population.
Excellent. That now makes one of the Swiss Cantons, France, Belgium and the Netherlands who have outlawed the backwards veil.
I never used to be keen as a libertarian on using law to regulate behaviour hence why i'll always argue against internet regulations or smoking regulations but given how mass islamic immigration is making some of our towns and cities now resemble downtown Karachi or Ridiyah then i'm all for it. If this is what it takes to force integration then it needs to be done because the peoples of Europe are fed up to the back teeth with it. Leave the 13th century clothes at the door when you come in or don't come in at all, along with any 13th century attitudes you may have towards free speech, other religions, the Jews or gay people and women. The burqa to me is a statement saying "we don't want to integrate and want nothing to do with your society" - well that has to end.
I'd expect the other Swiss Cantons will now follow in referendums.