Swiss parliament approves ban on full-face coverings like burqas, and sets fine for violators

Like, I get wanting to defend the rights of women under oppressive religions and governments, but how exactly does controlling what women are allowed to wear accomplish that?

im not the biggest fan of the muslim faith but this is stupid

Austria also has a law like that, and it has been a complete shitshow. There have been fines for someone wearing a scarf while riding a bike and for someone at work dressed up in a body suit in front of the shop for advertisement reasons (like a mascot).

When the law went into effect, the newspapers reported that there were about ten muslim women currently wearing coverings in the whole country.

Gotta make sure you don't compromise that facial recognition

YES!

It's important how much clothing you wear. Not too much and not too little. It MUST BE the RIGHT amount.

Humans.

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I hate this. What if I wanna cover my face to evade facial detection? That's illegal now?

What if I'm cold or want to go skiing? I could wrap a scarf over my face which I have done. Is that not illegal because it's not the same garment?

What about COVID? Wouldn't masks conflict with that also? Of all countries I'd never imagine one with a colder climate to make such a law.

I can understand the reasoning for government officials and kids at school, but what are they smoking to straight up ban it in their country?

These do seem inconsistant. What about 95 masks? that covers the face and nose.

Never go full Trump.

I wonder if all the Muslims here saying "women should be dressing whatever they want", also protest the same in muslims countries where women are killed for not covering their hair.

I can't even take half of you seriously. Every religion is a cult, but this one is an extremely misogynistic cult and you don't get anything for being their unpaid defenders online beyond the knowledge that you protected extreme womanizers.

A country telling women what to wear will be on the same page in my book as the country telling women what not to wear.

What's the official reason for that law?

I'd rather see swiss banks having to spill the beans about their many criminal enterprises and criminal customers. Tax evasion is a crime, for those unaware

wear a face mask all the time then... cough cough COVID

Winter is gonna be fun, lol. Austria already implemented and rolled back a similar ban.

The article says there are exceptions, but doesn't provide any useful information unfortunately.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

GENEVA (AP) — The lower house of Switzerland’s parliament voted Wednesday to give final legislative passage to a ban on face coverings, such as the burqas worn by some Muslim women.

It was pushed through by the right-wing, populist Swiss People’s Party, easily overcoming reticence expressed by centrists and the Greens.

The move follows a nationwide referendum two years ago in whch Swiss voters narrowly approved forbidding niqabs, which leave slits for the eyes, and burqas as well as ski masks and bandannas that are worn by some protesters.

With the lower house vote, parliament cemented the ban into federal law and set a fine of up to 1,000 francs (about $1,100) for violators.

Few women in Switzerland wear full face coverings like burqas, which are perhaps best known as garb worn in Afghanistan.

The national legislation will put Switzerland in line with countries such as Belgium and France that have enacted similar measures.

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If female sexual agency is somehow shameful, while male sexual agency isn't, then this needs to be argued for with good reasons.

I myself reject any form of double standards.

Just in time for Halloween!

(Probably not a big thing in CHE)

Around where I live the people wearing full face coverings appear to be middle aged Asian women trying to protect their skin from the summer heat. Way to mess with their goal of eternal youth.

I would like to see this world wide. It's crazy we let this extreme misogyny exist because of some bullshit like religion.

Guess the next Fasnacht is gonna see some changes, then.

Those poor poor Muslim cinnamon rolls, never did nothin to nobody

No one should be told what to wear. Besides, I like women in burqas because I like to know which ones are property of another man.

I'm tired of hearing about how America is a beacon of racism. This isn't the first western European country to do this.