The Spanish Parliament has rejected a motion to ban the burqa and niqab in public places. The motion was presented by the right-wing party (Partido Popular), with the support of CIU (Convergencia i Unió), a Catalan, right-wing, nationalist party.
Lleida’s town Council has approved today, with an absolute majority, a motion submitted by the Catalonian nationalist party “Convergència i Unió” (CIU) that ban of full-covering Islamic veils such as the burqa and the niqab in public buildings. The new rule includes all the public buildings as health buildings and also the sportive and cultural…
Next Friday (28 May) Lleida’s (Catalonia) town Council will discuss a motion submitted by the Catalonian nationalist party “Convergència i Unió” (CIU) on the banning of full-covering Islamic veils such as the burqa and the niqab in public. Lleida’s Mayor Àngel Ros (Socialist Party) was the first to propose such a ban, because, according to…
