Muslim groups criticise ban, which they say will further stigmatise and marginalise their community

“The referendum outcome means Switzerland will follow France, which banned wearing a full face veil in public in 2011. Full or partial bans on wearing face coverings in public are also in place in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark and the Netherlands.”

  • AlmaemberTheGreat@lemmy.ml
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    4 years ago

    A recent study by the University of Lucerne put the number of women in Switzerland who wear a niqab at 21 to 37, and found no evidence at all of women wearing the burqa, which women were forced to wear in Afghanistan under the Taliban.

    So it doesn’t look like a big problem. I’m more concerned about protesters not being able to stay anonymous.

    • AlmaemberTheGreat@lemmy.ml
      51·
      4 years ago

      Nowhere in the law does it mention burqas or whatever. It bans non-medical face coverings altogether. That’s a bad thing, as it paves the way for the widespread use of facial recognition systems.

      But the law isn’t racist. It’s simply just stupid.

        • AlmaemberTheGreat@lemmy.ml
          0·
          4 years ago
          1. Muslims aren’t a race. They are a religion. You can only be racist against a race. But I’m nitpicking here
          2. Who made the law does not matter. There is nothing specifically against muslims in the law.

          I read the entire article. I know who made it, the intent might’ve been racist but the law itself isn’t.

            • AlmaemberTheGreat@lemmy.ml
              1·
              4 years ago

              What is that kind of tyranny where the State dictates how we should dress ourselves?!

              Making some rules regarding how people dress isn’t automatically tyranny. And, do you support a (pretty misogynist) religion to tell women they will got to hell if they don’t wear certain types of clothing?

              A recent study by the University of Lucerne put the number of women in Switzerland who wear a niqab at 21 to 37, and found no evidence at all of women wearing the burqa, which women were forced to wear in Afghanistan under the Taliban.

              Another quote from the article. This law will affect 0.00043% of the population as far as muslims go.

              TBH this law feels like an anti-protester law that exploited the population’s dislike of muslims to pass.

                • AlmaemberTheGreat@lemmy.ml
                  1·
                  4 years ago

                  Believe me, I’m not fond of any religion either. I’m not saying this is a good law or that it’s good. I just think that currently protesters are hurt much more by this law than muslims.

                  I do agree with you mostly, I just think that even if muslims were the target of this law they weren’t the people hurt the most by it.

                  Either way this law is very dumb.