Switzerland is the latest European country to ban the niqab, the Islamic full-face veil that shows only the eyes.
Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed a ban on full face coverings in public places — a decision hailed by supporters as a bulwark against radical Islam but branded as discriminatory by opponents.
Policies attempting to regulate or ban the niqab — and the more extensive burqa covering — have popped up in a handful of countries across Europe, with France enacting the first public ban in 2010.
