Swiss Parliament votes to ban Muslim women from wearing the Burka in public
The
parliament in Switzerland has voted to ban the Muslim Burka from being worn in
public.The National Council on Tuesday voted
88 votes in favour of the ban while 87 voted against with 10 abstentions.
Members voted in favour
of a ruling that “no person shall cover his face in public places and in places
or hide in the public domain or the provision of public services (excluding
sacred sites).”
According to Swiss media
reports. For the vote to be passed into law and made effective, the ruling will
have to undergo further scrutiny and more voting in the Parliament.
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