With results in from 22 of federal Switzerland’s 26 cantons, 54 percent of voters were in favor of outlawing the burqa and the niqab. Switzerland will follow France, Belgium and Austria after narrowly voting in a referendum to ban women from wearing the burqa or niqab in public spaces.. Just … Bans, partials bans and local bans of face coverings are already in place in several European countries, including France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark. Switzerland votes Sunday on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places, despite women in Islamic full-face veils being an exceptionally rare sight in Swiss streets. Switzerland Referendum: People Vote In Favour To Ban Full Facial Coverings, Including Niqab & Burqa, In Public Places by Swarajya Staff - Mar 8, 2021 03:54 AM A burqa-clad woman. A clear majority of Swiss voters favour introducing a nationwide prohibition against wearing face-covering garments in public spaces, known as a "burqa ban", a poll showed Friday. If you wear burqas and you visit a place that doesn’t allow burqas for whatever reason, then take off the burqa or don’t go there. Switzerland was a tourist destination now and then, but the number of visitors and infrastructure serving them has vastly increased which contributes to the above. Burqa ban in Switzerland! European nation votes to make 'full facial coverings' illegal Swiss voters have approved a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by … The proposal was put forward by the same group that organised a 2009 ban on new minarets. If you visit a place where women wear burqa’s, wear a fucking burqa or don’t go! If I go to my Asian friends house, I take off my shoes because that’s the way he was raised and I honor his tradition. With results from 22 of federal Switzerland's 26 cantons, 54% of voters were in favour of outlawing the burqa and the niqab, yesterday. The measure to amend the Swiss constitution passed by a 51.2-48.8% margin, provisional official results showed. Switzerland voters have narrowly voted to ban ‘niqab’ and ‘burqa’ in public places As many as 51.21 per cent of voters voted in support of the controversial proposal in the referendum Bern: Switzerland on Sunday narrowly voted in favour of banning full facial coverings including the niqab and burqa in almost all public places. Switzerland has banned the ‘burqa’ after a far-right proposal to ban facial coverings won a narrow victory in a binding referendum on Sunday. According to the Tamedia poll of 15,000 eligible voters, a full 63 per cent of those questioned said they would vote yes or were considering voting yes in an upcoming popular vote on the ban, the Tages … Majority of Swiss voters and cantons have accepted a ban on full facial coverings in public places, with most referendum ballots counted. The so-called anti-burqa vote comes after years of debate in Switzerland following similar bans in other European countries — and in some Muslim-majority states — despite women in Islamic full-face veils being an exceptionally rare sight in Swiss streets.