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Switzerland considering penalties for forcing women to wear Islamic face veils

Jul 1, 2018 8:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

Switzerland is considering introducing penalties for forcing women to wear Islamic face veils, as a referendum on a total ban on the garments nationwide looms.

Good luck to the Swiss government in getting Muslim women to admit that they are being forced to wear the Islamic face veil, particularly when one factorsi in strong Muslim Brotherhood-linked lobbies which deny that the veil is a symbol of female oppression, despite the evidence of how women are treated in Islamic countries, and the sacrifices many women of Iran have made and are making to cast off their chadors during protests.

Facial coverings are a symbol of radical Islam that have nothing to do with religious freedom but are rather an expression of the oppression of women,” said Anian Liebrand, who leads the pro-ban campaign…..In Switzerland, we show our faces when we talk to each other.

Liebrand is correct. In Islamic theology, women have a lesser value than men, and suffer a wide variety of abuses — from beating and being forced to cover themselves fully covering to being denied equality of rights. Western feminists have largely failed to speak out about this, for fear of being branded “Islamophobic.” Who would have imagined the  existence of sharia courts in Western countries, in which women are being sent back to severely abusive marriages. In the UK, there are at least 85 of them.

The Swiss government would do well to simply ban the face veil in the interests of the equality of rights of all people before the law.

“Swiss Govt Considers Making Forced Veiling a Crime as Referendum on Burqa, Niqab Ban Looms,” by Jack Montgomery, Breitbart, June 29, 2018:

Switzerland is considering introducing penalties for forcing women to wear Islamic face veils, as a referendum on a total ban on the garments nationwide looms.

The Swiss federal government does not support a national ban, saying the country’s individual cantons (federal states) should decide the issue at the regional level.

Polling indicates that some three-quarters of the Swiss public support action at the federal level, however, and the people have used the country’s system of direct democracy to initiate a binding referendum on the subject by gathering 100,000 signatures.

“Facial coverings are a symbol of radical Islam that have nothing to do with religious freedom but are rather an expression of the oppression of women,” said Anian Liebrand, who leads the pro-ban campaign.

“In Switzerland, we show our faces when we talk to each other.”

Now, the government has suggested it may make it a crime to force women to cover their faces, punishable by a fine or up to three years in prison, in a move which has been interpreted as an attempt to discourage voters from backing a full-scale ban in the referendum — although the charge could be difficult to prove in practice….

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  1. Rosie Barnes says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 8:28 am

    Moves to restrict or ban the veil are welcome signs of resistance across Europe. And in the cases where Muslims have taken countries to court over a ban, for example France and Belgium, the much-maligned European Court of Human Rights upheld the ban in both cases. In particular, the court agreed that the veil was “a barrier to integration”.

    Incidentally, the “French” woman (of Pakistani origin) who took France to court was assisted by her BRITISH lawyers. No mainstream politician in Britain would dare suggest a ban, even though the majority of the population would almost certainly support one.

  2. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 8:55 am

    Christine Williams, you are wrong. Muslim women need not be forced to wear hijab or burqa, they believe it is good to do so in compliance with Sharia as a matter of faith. In fact, according to majority of Muslims jurists, covering the face is not required going by what the Quran says “illa ma Zahara minha (except the face, which is apparent)”.So, the question of husbands forcing their wives to wear Burqa to cover their faces will not be an issue. It is only you ignorant critics who assume it.

    • Jim says

      Jul 1, 2018 at 10:38 am

      Evidence…

    • Kay says

      Jul 1, 2018 at 11:42 am

      Glad you got spellcheck . . . but have you ever been coerced to do anything? Something tells me you don’t know much about what it takes to force someone to do something when they are afraid. Then it can look like compliance– maybe even embracing of the act — but it is all fear. It is coercion.

    • Terry Gain says

      Jul 1, 2018 at 1:04 pm

      Yo Muhammad

      Muslim women wear tents lest they come across a Muslim man who can’t control himself. There is no need for these hideous costumes in the west. They are symbolic of hostility to western values.

      I am still waiting for you to aplogize for the Armenian Holocaust. You should also work on your deranged anit-semitism.

      • Ibrahim itace muhammed says

        Jul 1, 2018 at 2:09 pm

        Terry Gain, Armenian genocide never happened. But it happened to Muslims and Jews during crusade wars and in Spain, all in the name of mithraist christ.French mithraist Christians killed 15% of Algerians during colonisation in the same way mithraist christians killed 17 million Africans by throwing them overboad during transatlantic slave trade. Are you ready to admit all atrocities and cruelties inspired by your Satan god you call Holy Spirit?

        • Susan B is getting really mad@# says

          Jul 1, 2018 at 2:31 pm

          And the taqiyya just keeps coming. Islam, was conquering and slaughtering in the name of your pagan moon god for over 400 years before the Crusaders finally stepped in to defend. How the hell do you think that islam grew but by convert or die and rape jihad. If the Crusaders had not defended against the slaughter by muslims there would be no civilization and you would be sitting in the desert next to your camel with no internet no technology no progress. Just look to islamic countries still stuck in the backward and barbaric 7th century. To see how life on earth would be.

          As for the muslim slave trade, muslims sold over 40 million Africans into slavery and only less than 700,000 ended up in America. Most went to islamic countries where the men were castrated and the women used as sex slaves because mohammad hated Africans, claimed that Satan looked like an African so no breeding allowed. The west fought the muslim slavers because they knew slavery was bad. Sadly there are still around 20-30 million Africans enslaved by muslims in islamic countries.

          Whenever you spew one of your many lies you can expect to be knocked down with the truth. The one thing that islam can not tolerate is truth. In fact it is truth that will destroy your sick psychotic cult.

        • Giacomo Latta says

          Jul 2, 2018 at 8:54 am

          Ever heard of Hamid ibn Mohammed, o learned zero. He was only the most egregious slave trader in world history and, it could go without saying, Muslim.

        • Giacomo Latta says

          Jul 2, 2018 at 8:57 am

          And another thing, **it*ace, why are you touching the internet? It was invented and developed by Christians so it is certainly not halal.

        • HarveyMushman says

          Jul 2, 2018 at 5:18 pm

          Lying isn’t going to help your cause one bit….

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 3, 2018 at 12:45 am

          Ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:

          Terry Gain, Armenian genocide never happened.
          ……………………..

          I guess all of those 1.5 million Christians in Turkey just committed suicide because they realized how much they were disappointing Muslims…sarc/off

          Really, this is absurd. And isn’t it interesting how those who affirm that Muslims have the right to slaughter Jews and Christians then deny that they have ever done so?

      • JawsV says

        Jul 1, 2018 at 2:26 pm

        Terry, why do you even bother replying to the evil lying revolting Muslim?

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 1, 2018 at 8:32 pm

          It is important to expose his lies.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 1, 2018 at 8:29 pm

      What crap from the dishonest Ibrahim itace muhammed. Muslims murder women all the time for not wearing Hijab.

    • Hector Archytas says

      Jul 2, 2018 at 4:41 am

      Ibrahim itace muhammed: Morocco and Daesch forbad the niqab as it use by terrorists and so it should be ban for safety reason.

      You are write. The term for Niqab is the Syrian term for belt and the Koran was probably originally asking women to wear chastity belt and not Niqab.

      As usual, whence Chastity belt became unpopular, they started to claim that it means covering the face which was not meaning much as you can see that in Arabia Men are also covering their face to protect it from the Sun !!!

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 3, 2018 at 12:38 am

      Muslim women and girls are beaten–and worse–all the time for failing to wear Hijab.

    • Jay says

      Jul 13, 2018 at 2:38 am

      How much does a bride cost in your home country Ibrahim? Stop terrorizing your females.

  3. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 9:02 am

    Christine Williams, Muslim women need not be forced by their husbands to wear hijab or burqa, they believe that it is good to do so in compliance with Sharia as a matter of faith. In fact, according to majority of Muslim jurists, covering the face is not required going by what the Quran says “Illa ma Zahara minha (except the face, which is apparent). It is only you ignorant critics who assume that Muslim women are forced to wear hijab or burqa. Fools!!

    • Jim says

      Jul 1, 2018 at 10:39 am

      Data speaks volumes…your comments don’t have any data..

    • Kay says

      Jul 1, 2018 at 11:44 am

      Compliance. Oh yes. Compliance often comes from fear. The consequences are too great. Compliance can bring temporary peace. Compliance can save a life.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 1, 2018 at 8:36 pm

      How does Ibrahim itace muhammed explain this?

      “Video: Iranian woman slapped across face by male stranger for stating she will wear hijab when he does”

      https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/03/video-iranian-woman-slapped-across-face-by-male-stranger-for-stating-she-will-wear-hijab-when-he-does

      Or, even worse, this:

      “Spencer: The Lonesome Death of Aqsa Parvez”

      https://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/spencer-the-lonesome-death-of-aqsa-parvez

      The idea that all Muslim women embrace their slavery is quite false.

    • Giacomo Latta says

      Jul 2, 2018 at 8:59 am

      These minority Muslim jurists are cleaarly not Muslim enough. Attack and destroy them immediately, **it*ace. The koran says it’s OK.

  4. FYI says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 9:24 am

    First we have Pirates of the Jihad:now we have Ninjas of the Jihad.What next?

    islamic Klingons?

  5. Susan B is getting really mad@# says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 9:59 am

    Fortunately I live in the middle of dairy land in Ontario so do not see any of those slave tents, but, go to the cities and they are there. I hate islam and I hate how islam treats women. We are not responsible for these followers of some female hating pagan moon god and we should not have allowed this evil into our civilized countries. We need to remove our oppressive fascist governments that have allowed this invasion of savages and deport and ban islam and any that choose to follow that Nazis cult.

    Hopefully the more conservatives being elected in the west is a step in the right direction. However not even Trump has addressed the problem of islam properly, only a few countries like Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland are wise to this BS.

    I do believe in God and trust that islam will be destroyed, but how many people must die and suffer before that happens. We brought this on our selves when we allowed the globalist to kick God to the curb and allowed them to take over the media, the entertainment industry which I can no longer watch and the education system. We allowed ourselves to be deceived by the bought and paid for politicians that turned against their own countries once elected. Obama, May, Trudeau, Macron, and the list goes on.

  6. MikeR says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 10:30 am

    How will they prove that someone forced them to wear the face cover? That will be impossible. They should instead fine the women for wearing them. Switzerland should have been able to predict that this would happen. Muslims don’t want to assimilate. They want to continue living with their primitive culture and suck up all of the free benefits that Switzerland will give them. This was 100% predictable.

  7. Ade Fegan says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 1:24 pm

    what about laws against forcing women to say they chose to wear islamic face veils ?
    ………. you won’t even know it’s happening … so how can you hope to stop it !

  8. Ren says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 1:45 pm

    Switzerland considering penalties for forcing women to wear Islamic face veils???

    Considering never solves any islamic nonsense. Just DO it.

    • Jay says

      Jul 13, 2018 at 2:59 am

      The hijab needs to be banned as well. It is a political siren which sends a dangerous political signal. ….”I am under Submission, and you should be too. In fact you are Kafir …the most evil kind of person… and I embody superior moral constitution.”

  9. Cicero says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 2:05 pm

    Yes tha5 is why child marriages evolved in North India.
    The Islamic invaders used t9 kidnap little Hindu girls and rape them.

    The would not kidnap married females as per Koranic injunctions. The oppressed and terrified Hindus resorted to Child marriage to protect their young daughters. However 5he married girls remained with their birth families until adolescence..

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 1, 2018 at 9:00 pm

      Actually, Cicero, Muslims can not only kidnap married women (or girls), but they can also rape them, declaring their marriages null and void.

  10. eduardo odraude says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 3:10 pm

    There is really no good answer to the problem of how you protect human rights when you admit millions who do not care about human rights. Inevitably, the situation creates legal impossibilities and human rights paradoxes when huge numbers want the right to express support for totalitarianism. The only good way to deal with the problem is to stop admitting people who want the right to express themselves for totalitarianism! Then bite the bullet and suppress the totalitarianism among those who are here, even if that means crimping some of their rights sometimes.

  11. Ashley says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 3:43 pm

    That photo is really creepy.

    I’ve posted this before so apologies to those that have already viewed it. The photo and caption always gives me a giggle:

    http://feedmelols.com/front/CYq2f/i-spent-half-an-hour-trying-to-talk-with-them-wanting-to-learn-about-their-culture-then-the-bartender-cut-me-off-and-informed-me-they-were-patio-umbrellas

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 1, 2018 at 9:01 pm

      Thank you, Ashley! 🙂

  12. elee says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 5:27 pm

    Switzerland, and the rest of us, should consider criminalizing Muslim child-raising as child abuse, say nothing of sedition and attempted treason. If a man grows castor beans in his apartment along with other things to extract ricin, no one has a problem punishing him. When North African Muslims tried to weaponize the plague, would any have had any problem with prosecuting the survivors if there had been any? Shouldn’t we be equally engaged when millions of parents raise baby martyrs to unleash on the innocent? Would any civilized nation stand by while parents created a Hitler Youth nursery? Why do they not intervene in the raising of little sleeper weapons of genocide?

  13. gravenimage says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    Switzerland considering penalties for forcing women to wear Islamic face veils
    ………………

    *Good*.

  14. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Jul 2, 2018 at 11:46 am

    Giaccomo Latta, you are just ignorant myopic thinking that mithraist christians and evil Jews have monopoly over inventions as magic inspired by your Satan god in yahweh and his wife Ashera hero gods. invention is dynamic, not static, and it depends on effort. Muslims are emerging and will surpass mithraist christians and evil Jews as they did during muslim golden age. will you be surprised? A fool!!

    • Jay says

      Jul 13, 2018 at 3:08 am

      Ibrahim…what country to you live in?
      Muslims won ‘t surpass western countries…as the numbers of ex Muslims is increasing rapidly. Besides, Muslim population numbers have always been higher but their productivity has always been at the bottom
      of the human race. They earn by murder , pillage and welfare.

  15. Garfield says

    Jul 2, 2018 at 1:20 pm

    Liberal hypocrisy= March in a “Slut Walk” to make the point that no matter how a woman dresses she’s not “asking to be raped”, IOW marching for the right to wear skimpy clothes and not be attacked…..And then support Islam that gives women NO rights to wear anything but black GARBAGE BAGS.
    But…you notice the left also hates cheerleaders and promotes the stereotype that beautiful women are shallow and stupid.
    The left, the dems, are FOUL. Vote them out!
    I’m 2018 noone SANE covers a woman in a SLAVE BAG!

  16. Garfield says

    Jul 2, 2018 at 1:21 pm

    *in
    Darn typos

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