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The Swiss foreign ministry has defended the ambassador’s visit to the holy city of Qom wearing a full-body veil.

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The March 7 vote in Switzerland banning full face covering in public places by 51.21 voters in Swiss cantons will unleash a new debate on enlightenment and Islamophobia. The majority vote for ‘burqa’ ban is being termed a verdict against “radical Islam” by the far-right, spearheaded by the Swiss Peoples Party (SVP). Those against the vote for ban call it racist and intolerant to religious beliefs. The thin majority secured in the Swiss vote amid a 50.8% turnout does not reflect an overwh...

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. 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. Switzerland now joins Austria, Belgium, B...

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. 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. "In Switzerland our tradition is that you show your face. That is a sign of our basic freedom...

Swiss vote for a ban on face coverings Nick Cumming-Bruce Share Geneva | Switzerland on Sunday (Monday AEDT) became the latest European country to ban the wearing of face coverings in public places, prohibiting the veils worn by Muslim women. Official results of the nationwide referendum showed 51.2 per cent of voters supported the ban on full facial coverings, which was proposed by the populist, anti-immigrant Swiss People’s Party (SVP), compared with 48.8 per cent opposing it, a much narrow...