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Voters in Swiss canton pass law to ban full-face veil
A Muslim woman wearing a face veil distributes flyers against a cantonal vote on banning face-covering headgear in public places, in Lugano on September 18, 2013.
Residents of Switzerland’s Italian-speaking region have voted to ban full-face veils, after similar laws against Muslims were enforced in France and Belgium.
Results from a democratic referendum in the Swiss canton of Ticino on Sunday revealed...