Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday, the latest actions affecting the country`s minority Muslim population.
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 freedoms. Walter Wobmann, member of the Swiss People s Party, the biggest political party in Switzerland. Some Muslims also understood that the
niqab is a clear symbol of radical Islam. Jean-Luc Addor, member of the Swiss People s Party.
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Police say a 44-year-old man has been arrested and charged with three hate-motivated attacks on women in Edmonton.
Shane Edward Tremblay, who has no fixed address, is facing three counts of uttering threats and three counts of assault.
The first attack took place about 2 p.m. on Jan. 18, when a man uttered threats against a 43-year-old Black woman outside a convenience store and then followed her inside the store and assaulted her.
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Bern [Switzerland], March 8 (ANI): Switzerland on Sunday (local time) narrowly voted in favour of banning full facial coverings including the niqab and burqa in almost all public places. As many as 51.21 per cent of voters voted in support of the controversial proposal in the referendum.