{"id":7153,"date":"2021-03-10T09:34:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T08:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=7153"},"modified":"2021-04-18T09:47:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T08:47:17","slug":"switzerland-voters-approve-burqa-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2021\/03\/10\/switzerland-voters-approve-burqa-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland: Voters Approve &#8216;Burqa Ban&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2021\/03\/10\/switzerland-voters-approve-burqa-ban\/switzerland-vote-religion-referendum\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7154\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/swiss-burqa-ban.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/swiss-burqa-ban.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/swiss-burqa-ban-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Switzerland now joins Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands and Sweden, all of which currently have full or partial bans on religious and non-religious face coverings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Switzerland: Voters Approve &#8216;Burqa Ban&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/17161\/switzerland-burqa-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | March 10, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Swiss voters have narrowly approved a proposal to ban face coverings in public spaces. The measure comes just over a decade after citizens voted to ban the construction of minarets, the tower-like structures on mosques that are often used to call Muslims to prayer.<\/p>\n<p>The referenda reflect the determination of a majority of Swiss voters to preserve Swiss traditions and values in the face of runaway multiculturalism and the encroachment of political Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland now joins Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands and Sweden, all of which currently have full or partial bans on religious and non-religious face coverings.<\/p>\n<p>The binding referendum, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bk.admin.ch\/ch\/d\/pore\/va\/20210307\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved<\/a> on March 7 by 51.2% of voters, is popularly known as the \u201cburqa initiative,\u201d although the proposal does not specifically mention burqas or <em>niqabs<\/em>, the face-coving garments worn by some Muslim women. The ban encompasses most face coverings, including the bandanas and masks sometimes used by violent street protesters, and applies to all public spaces, including parks, restaurants, shops, and public transport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/17161\/switzerland-burqa-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Switzerland now joins Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands and Sweden, all of which currently have full or partial bans on religious and non-religious face coverings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48,106],"tags":[143,181,58],"class_list":["post-7153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam-in-europe","category-switzerland-islam-in-europe","tag-burqa-bans","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-switzerland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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