A few days ago, police in Zurich, Switzerland—Europe’s wealthiest non-microstate—issued its very first fine under the country’s newly enacted face-covering ban, commonly known as the “burqa ban,” after a woman defied the law by wearing the face-covering Islamic veil in public. Police spokesman Michael Walker told the Swiss news outlet Blick that authorities in Zurich had fined a woman for wearing a burqa— a one-piece veil associated with more radical forms of Islam that conceal the face and body, leaving only a mesh screen for visibility—in public. Citing privacy laws, Walker refused to disclose the woman’s age or specifics of her clothing but confirmed that she was “not a tourist.” The female perpetrator, Walker said, refused to pay the 100 Swiss franc ($110) fine, prompting…
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