Spain: Supreme Court invalidates the ban on the burqa

The Supreme Court has declared invalid the ban on women wearing the burqa or veil in public spaces, which had been decreed by the  Lleida City Council in October 2010. The Supreme Court held that the measure “violates Article 16 of the Constitution”, which guarantees the right to religious freedom, and believes that “the burqa…

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Lleida’s mayor said that Muslims in his city “are not doing enough” to integrate.

06 August 2012 Lleida’s mayor, Angel Ros, has said that Muslims in his city “are not doing enough” to integrate. Ros has advised the community to “normalize their ways and to have the will to do an integration process.” “The fact is that today in this country even a mosque generates rejection” and to this…

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