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Spain: Catalan town becomes first in Spain to ban veil
Topic Started: Dec 9 2010, 07:16 PM (119 Views)
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Catalan town becomes first in Spain to ban veil
Thursday, December 9, 2010


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A northern Spanish town brought into force Thursday a ban on Islamic face-covering veils in municipal buildings, the first such decree in the country.

The town of Lleida, population 120,000, approved in July a municipal ban on body-covering burqas or face-covering niqab garments at about 130 locations, ranging from civic centres to swimming pools. The law, implemented Thursday, was the first of its kind in Spain, where face-covering Islamic garments are seldom seen despite a sharp rise in immigration from Muslim countries over the past decade.

"I believe the burqa and the hijab, as well as similar garments that completely cover the face are an attack against equality between men and women, they are an attack against women's dignity," Lleida mayor Angel Ros said. "I believe also that equality is something which our society has fought several years for and there can be no reason, not religious, not cultural, that attacks this basic principle."

The law prohibits 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." Repeat offenders face fines of €600.

AFP, 9 December 2010


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well done to them,i have a lot of catalan friends and they do not like what the muslims are trying to do in catalunya
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lionsingh
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Was engaged to a beautiful Spanish woman and lived in Salamanca.
They are very proud people ..took me a while to fit in with the family.. and are very proud and protective of their culture.

The Islamacists and muslims will find it almost impossible to fit in. They can be very traditional.

Beautiful country. Hope it stays that way.
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There have been a few towns in Spain which have banned the Burqa like this one has.
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Well done Catalan.
Edited by Wigone, Dec 9 2010, 08:25 PM.
They don't like it up 'em.
Don't tell them your name Pike.
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well done to them, you don't mess with the Spanish
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so why cant we do it?

edit- which town/city will be first with the balls?
Edited by a fresh start, Dec 10 2010, 12:11 AM.
'Pretend this says something witty and funny, but not to funny otherwise that wouldnt be cool'

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I read this on a News site earlier and thought that this can't be a bad thing considering even the Saudi's are saying some attacks are due in the Euro zone (France Spain Germany and Netherlands according to the threats I read about) including one by a female suicide bomber.

And after all if we can't walk into a bank or Post Office etc wearing a motorcycle crash helmet for obvious reasons why should anyone be allowed to cover their identity in such a similar way....
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good on them,great to know i can still enjoy holidaying there,only problem is the more places that ban them the greater chance that they will end up over hear with our governments open arms
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well done Catalan <claps>
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Welldone. Lets hope they start a trend.
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Dec 10 2010, 12:11 AM
so why cant we do it?
Maybe we are ??

I recently saw this draft Private Members Bill going through Parliament - Face Coverings (Regulation) Bill

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmbills/020/11020.i-i.html#j003

It says that "a person wearing a garment or other object intended by the wearer as its primary purpose to obscure the face in a public place shall be guilty of an offence".

The bill is still in draft form and I am curious as to whether a burqua would also be considered subject to this provision. I am not a lawyer, but maybe the whole thing hinges on the term "to obscure the face". Wearing a balaclava is intended to obscure the identity, but it could be argued that a burqua is there for religeous reasons and not to hide the identity.

Has anyone heard mention of this Bill before? It seems very low key given that it would be such a big deal for the Special Ones. It will also be interesting to watch the progress of the Bill, since it will give a good indication of exactly how Dhimmi Parliament has become if they exempt the burqua.
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Bra-fcuking-vo
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