Switzerland: Federal committee recommends burqa ban in schools, offices

Switzerland: Federal committee recommends burqa ban in schools, offices

Via WRS:
A government-appointed committee has supported a partial ban on the traditional Islamic burqa and the niqab. The Federal Commission on Women’s Issues calls for traditional full-face veils to be banned in government offices and in public schools. It is a move, the group says, to prevent gender discrimination. But the burqa is not alone in what the commission wants banned.
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