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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Scarfs, costume masks and medical face masks are allowed in Austria too, but only under special circumstances, e.g. costumes are permitted only for "customs events" (Brauchtumsveranstaltungen) and thus are forbidden for everyday use. Verschleierungsverbot Österreich
However, you can get fined for wearing a scarf if the police officer perceives it to be not cold enough. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/oesterreich-burkaverbot-trifft-maskottchen-und-radfahrer-1.3700378

[–] schlecknits@feddit.org 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Medical reasons to my knowledge is defined rather limited. There's an exception but in doubt you have to show a doctor's note saying that you need to wear a mask, otherwise you could be forced to unmask. So if you choose to do preventative masking but aren't ill yourself this isn't technically allowed - this isn't widely enforced, but still something that wasn't thought quite through.

[–] philpo@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago

Oh,it was thought through very much by some... Some parts of the SVP are very happy about it...

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

What if your identity as a furry? Obviously it covers your face, but it’s sort is like a costume. There are also furry conventions, so maybe that’s the sort of event/festival that would count as an exception.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 5 days ago

It's about covering your face in public, i.e. on the festival venue it would be O.K., in public transport possibly not.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world -4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What's the difference between the woman in the center at the top row vs the bottom row? Skin tone?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

a full-face veil.

Never seen that on anyone So a transparent veil is prohibited if combined with hair coverings? Or just in general?

I have conflicting feelings about this ban. If it helps women who don't want to wear it but is forced, great, but if it instead stops women from being part of society because they're not allowed outside without the coverings, (either by religious choice, or forced by family), not so great.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's really mostly symbolic. It's estimated that there is less then 100 people that actually wear a niqab/burka across all of Switzerland.

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Far more common here. You see top center a lot, bottom left often and bottom right sometimes.

What adults do to themselves doesn't really bother me, but I feel sorry for the little girls I see dressed like this. Why the hell would you dress a 7yo in that? According to the Quran "men and women should dress modestly", but why force it on small girls?

If anything I'd ban it for kids. Once you turn 18 you can do what you want. Come to think of it I'd put the same condition on not medically necessary circumcisions.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 5 points 6 days ago

The differene is that the face is visible.