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Women facing fines of up to £6,500 for wearing burkas in Swiss region
The burka will be banned in all public places
A woman wears an Islamic niqab veil Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
Wearing a burka or niqab in public has been banned in the Swiss region of Ticino, with offenders facing a fine of up to £6,500.
The region's parliament approved the law on Monday, thereby banning full-face veils worn by women in many Muslim countries, in the wake of heightened terrorist alerts across Europe.
It is now a criminal offence for women in the Italian-speaking canton in southern Switzerland to cover their faces with the garments in all public places, including shops, restaurants, public buildings and behind the wheel of a car, the Local reports.
No exceptions will be made for tourists, but other forms of face coverings such as masks, balaclavas or crash helmets will still be permitted.
Almost two-thirds of the region's voters supported the ban in a referendum in September 2013 before it was approved by Parliament.
The vote was launched 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 the result would send a message to “Islamist fundamentalists”, who he claimed were in Ticino and across Switzerland.
“Those who want to integrate are welcome irrespective of their religion,” he said. “But those who rebuff our values and aim to build a parallel society based on religious laws, and want to place it over our society, are not welcome,” he added.
Amnesty International said the vote was a “black day for human rights in Ticino.”
Ticino's latest law echoes a similar law in France, which was the first European country to ban the burka, and all other forms of face-covering, in 2010, going into effect the following year.
The law was upheld by the European Court of Human Rights in July 2014. Similar laws have since been passed in Belgium and the Netherlands.
In 2009, Swiss voters backed a ban on constructing new minarets and the Swiss People’s Party has made opposition to immigration a key focus.
However, a nationwide ban on burkas in public places was rejected by Swiss parliament in 2012.
The cantons of Basel, Bern, Schwyz, Solothurn and Fribourg have also rejected similar proposals.
There are around 400,000 Muslims in Switzerland, about 5 per cent of the population.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/women-to-be-fined-up-to-6500-for-wearing-burkas-in-swiss-region-a6747936.html
The burka will be banned in all public places
Wearing a burka or niqab in public has been banned in the Swiss region of Ticino, with offenders facing a fine of up to £6,500.
The region's parliament approved the law on Monday, thereby banning full-face veils worn by women in many Muslim countries, in the wake of heightened terrorist alerts across Europe.
It is now a criminal offence for women in the Italian-speaking canton in southern Switzerland to cover their faces with the garments in all public places, including shops, restaurants, public buildings and behind the wheel of a car, the Local reports.
No exceptions will be made for tourists, but other forms of face coverings such as masks, balaclavas or crash helmets will still be permitted.
Almost two-thirds of the region's voters supported the ban in a referendum in September 2013 before it was approved by Parliament.
The vote was launched 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 the result would send a message to “Islamist fundamentalists”, who he claimed were in Ticino and across Switzerland.
“Those who want to integrate are welcome irrespective of their religion,” he said. “But those who rebuff our values and aim to build a parallel society based on religious laws, and want to place it over our society, are not welcome,” he added.
Amnesty International said the vote was a “black day for human rights in Ticino.”
Ticino's latest law echoes a similar law in France, which was the first European country to ban the burka, and all other forms of face-covering, in 2010, going into effect the following year.
The law was upheld by the European Court of Human Rights in July 2014. Similar laws have since been passed in Belgium and the Netherlands.
In 2009, Swiss voters backed a ban on constructing new minarets and the Swiss People’s Party has made opposition to immigration a key focus.
However, a nationwide ban on burkas in public places was rejected by Swiss parliament in 2012.
The cantons of Basel, Bern, Schwyz, Solothurn and Fribourg have also rejected similar proposals.
There are around 400,000 Muslims in Switzerland, about 5 per cent of the population.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/women-to-be-fined-up-to-6500-for-wearing-burkas-in-swiss-region-a6747936.html
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Re: Unexpected Country Bans the Burqua…
The Swiss canton of Ticino has passed a law banning the burqa in certain public establishments, with a fine for violation that’s the equivalent of nearly $10,000.
Voters in Ticino approved the measure by a margin of 2-1 in a landslide that the U.K. Express called “an overwhelming result for a referendum.” The vote took place in September after the Swiss parliament ruled the measure did not violate federal law.
The canton (equivalent to a U.S. state) has a population of roughly 350,000. Located in the south of the country, the canton’s mountains, large lakes and mild climate compared to the rest of Switzerland make it a popular tourist destination. According to the U.K. Metro, this includes 40,000 visitors from the Middle East, where wearing the burqa is most prevalent.
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