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Niqab Ban in Switzerland and Beyond

 A liberal argument. “ In Switzerland, population 8.5 million, that number is  estimated  between 21 and 37. These are fractions so small they barely register on a calculator.” In 2009, the French newspaper  Le Figaro  estimated that only 2,000 women in France–out of a total French population of 65 million–wear the burga in France. Targeting Muslims makes them even more visible, only contributing to an increase of racism and Islamophobia. The process is cyclical. Normalising anti-Muslim bigotry