#  Switzerland Votes No on Burqa Ban - World Religion News 

 





March 19, 2017

 

 

> SWISS GOVERNMENT REJECTS BURQA BAN.An initiative to ban niqabs and burqas by Swiss People’s party, a right-wing political party, has been rejected by the Swiss upper parliament. The clothes in question are generally worn by Muslim women; it covers their full body and face. The debate over such coverings has gathered widespread cultural tensions in a few European regions. The vote by Council of State went 26 to 9 against the measure. Interestingly, Ticino, an Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, had pushed in a ban on wearing burqas in 2016. There were four abstentions. The Swiss lower house passed the draft bill by one vote previously.

Source: *[Switzerland Votes No on Burqa Ban - World Religion News](http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/switzerland-votes-no-burqa-ban)*



 

 

 



 

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