Swiss reject headscarf ban for schools

Too bad. They were doing so well in setting the parameters for Muslim assimilation in Switzerland.

From RNW:

The cantonal parliament of Zurich rejected on Monday a proposal by the far right Swiss People’s Party (SVP) – Switzerland’s largest party - to ban headscarves for female Muslim students in Swiss schools. The proposal was aimed at “instilling respect of Swiss values in schools”, the party’s leadership says, and that people who settled in Switzerland needed to realise “they could not turn up to work in a headscarf”.

Adrian Amstutz, parliamentarian and senior member of the SVP is one of the strongest supporters of those bans: “Muslims must be spurred to integrate into society”, he said to Swiss News Worldwide. The more moderate, centre right Christian Democratic Party, has been advocating the ban on burqas, a body covering including a face veil, in a bid to defend women’s rights.

Interestingly enough, Egypt recently banned the niqab during university examinations. You can guess why...

The government said it brought in the ban in part because students, male and female, were sitting exams disguised as other candidates by wearing a face veil.