The lower house of Switzerland's parliament has given final legislative approval to a ban on face coverings, such as the burqas worn by some Muslim women.
  • devz0r@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m tired of hearing about how America is a beacon of racism. This isn’t the first western European country to do this.

    • Zellith@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      If you read the article, they are banning basically anything that covers your face. Title is what it is to get people’s reactions because of course it is.

  • anlumo@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Austria also has a law like that, and it has been a complete shitshow. There have been fines for someone wearing a scarf while riding a bike and for someone at work dressed up in a body suit in front of the shop for advertisement reasons (like a mascot).

    When the law went into effect, the newspapers reported that there were about ten muslim women currently wearing coverings in the whole country.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      After years of covid where everyone would supposedly die in terror attacks if the face coverings happened I’m surprised this fear mongering still manages to pass.

      Full face covering burqas are not really an Islamic thing. The headscarves are. The burqas are a cultural thing for some. And usually almost nobody actually wears them. But you can get brownie points with the racists for passing these laws and show that your country is well on the way to moral decline.

  • bitwolf@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    What if I’m cold or want to go skiing? I could wrap a scarf over my face which I have done. Is that not illegal because it’s not the same garment?

    What about COVID? Wouldn’t masks conflict with that also? Of all countries I’d never imagine one with a colder climate to make such a law.

    • _s10e@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Austria has a similar law. And a website that connects the local whether report with the rules for when wearing a scarf is okay.

      • Meowoem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 year ago

        So I have to look at the internet to see if I’m allowed to protect myself from the cold? Oh not officially cold enough even though it’s making my face hurt, guess I’ll just suffer because God forbid I’m allowed to be the one who decides how much of my body I went exposed to the elements.

        You like authoritarian control of the most basic parts of people’s lives, most people don’t want to live in a world like that.

  • Silverseren@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Like, I get wanting to defend the rights of women under oppressive religions and governments, but how exactly does controlling what women are allowed to wear accomplish that?