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Spanish town bans Burka in public buildings
The Spanish town of Lerida has become the first in the country to ban the Burka in municipal buildings.
The town council voted to prohibit the "use of the veil and other clothes and accessories which cover the face and prevent identification in buildings and installations of the town hall."
The vote, by 23 to one with two abstentions, is the first of its kind in Spain, a country where Islamic veils and the body-covering burqas are little in evidence despite a large Muslim population.
The move is aimed at promoting "respect for the dignity of women and values of equality and tolerance," the town hall said in a statement.
The Islamic veil has sparked intense debate in many European countries, with Belgian deputies last month backing a draft law banning the garment in all public places, including on the streets, in a first for Europe.
France's cabinet has also approved a draft law to ban the full-face veil from public spaces, opening the way for the text to go before parliament in July.
The issue is a relatively new one for Spain, an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country which has seen the number of immigrants living within its borders soar from around half a million in 1996 to 5.6 million last year, out of a total population of 46 million people.
Moroccans make up one of the largest immigrant
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Green Energy
Spanish Town Bans Burqa
Telegraph:
Spanish town bans Burka in public buildings
The Spanish town of Lerida has become the first in the country to ban the Burka in municipal buildings.
The town council voted to prohibit the "use of the veil and other clothes and accessories which cover the face and prevent identification in buildings and installations of the town hall."
The vote, by 23 to one with two abstentions, is the first of its kind in Spain, a country where Islamic veils and the body-covering burqas are little in evidence despite a large Muslim population.
The move is aimed at promoting "respect for the dignity of women and values of equality and tolerance," the town hall said in a statement.
The Islamic veil has sparked intense debate in many European countries, with Belgian deputies last month backing a draft law banning the garment in all public places, including on the streets, in a first for Europe.
France's cabinet has also approved a draft law to ban the full-face veil from public spaces, opening the way for the text to go before parliament in July.
The issue is a relatively new one for Spain, an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country which has seen the number of immigrants living within its borders soar from around half a million in 1996 to 5.6 million last year, out of a total population of 46 million people.
Moroccans make up one of the largest immigrant
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Newsmax: French Parliament Debates Ban On Burqa-Style Veils Tuesday, 06 Jul 2010 06:48 PM France's justice minister went before parliament Tuesday to defend a hotly debated bill that would ban burqa-style Islamic veils in public, arguing that hiding...
-
The Last Crusade: SPANISH CITY REACTS TO MUSLIM INVASION-BANS BURQA NIX TO THE NIQAB BARCELONA BANS THE BURQA by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. Barcelona is set to become the first Spanish city to ban Islamic face veils and full body burqas in public buildings,...
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Pro-Burqa Demonstrators Banned in Brussels From Jawa Report: (Brussels, Belgium) Sharia4Belgium demonstrators have been denied permission to rally in Brussels to protest the pending ban against wearing the full-face Islamic burqa in public. As a result,...
- French Parliament Condemns Islamic Veil
Newsmax: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 8:27 PM PARIS - The French parliament on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the full-face Islamic veil as an affront to the nation's values, setting the stage for a law banning it. The vote in the National...
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Belgian lawmakers pass burka banThanks to Will for sending this to us. From the BBC: The Muslim Executive of Belgium has criticised the move Belgium's lower house of parliament...