The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia has provisionally suspended the ban on wearing the burqa (or other garments that cover the face) in municipal buildings of Lleida (Catalonia) until a sentence is passed on the appeal that the Islamic association “Watani” interposed against the ban. Lleida City Council approved the ban on wearing the…
September 10, 2010 Last Friday the Islamic communities of Spain celebrated the end of Ramadan. Usually, the local government let different public spaces for the main Islamic celebrations. In Lleida (Catalonia), for example, more than 3,000 Muslims met in a local sport hall. The media reported Islamic celebration at different locations as Zaragoza, Granada, Murcia…
The banning of the burqa and niqab in Lleida (Catalonia) has led to similar initiatives in other Catalonian towns. In El Vendrell and in Reus (both in the province of Tarragona), the Catalonian nationalist party Convergència I Unió (CIU) has called for the banning of the burqa and the niqab, following the steps taken by…
