Editing Burqa (section)

==== Sweden ====
In December 2019, the municipality of [[Skurup]] banned Islamic veils in educational institutions. Earlier, the municipality of [[Staffanstorp]] approved a similar ban.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=96&artikel=7369615|title=Skurup förbjuder slöja i skolan|publisher=P4 Malmöhus|work=Sveriges Radio|access-date=2019-12-19|language=sv|archive-date=19 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219023852/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=96&artikel=7369615|url-status=live}}</ref> The ban was overturned by the [[Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden|Supreme Administrative Court]] in December 2022 since it was deemed to be a violation religious freedoms as defined in the [[Basic Laws of Sweden|Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fridh |first=Linda |date=2022-12-09 |title=Slöjförbud i skolan är olagligt – Staffanstorp och Skurup förlorade |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/hogsta-instans-sager-nej-till-slojforbud |access-date=2023-10-10 |newspaper=SVT Nyheter}}</ref>

In 2012, a poll by [[Uppsala University]] found that Swedes responded that face-covering Islamic veils are either completely unacceptable or fairly unacceptable, 85% for the burqa and 81% for the niqab. The researchers noted these figures represented a compact resistance to the face-covering veil by the population of Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uppsalauniversitet.se/nyheter-press/pressmeddelanden/pressmeddelande-visning/?id=1844&typ=pm|title=Mångfaldsbarometern 2012: Extremt negativa attityder permanentas och riskerar växa - Uppsala universitet|website=uppsalauniversitet.se|language=sv|access-date=2018-07-12|quote=Svaren innebär att motståndet i Sverige mot Burka och Niqab är kompakt, 84,4 respektive 81,6 procent anser att de är ganska eller helt oacceptabla. Motståndet har åter ökat något.|archive-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712093615/http://uppsalauniversitet.se/nyheter-press/pressmeddelanden/pressmeddelande-visning/?id=1844&typ=pm|url-status=live}}</ref>