Spanish City Bans Burqa, Niqab in Public Spaces
The ordinance sets fines of 400 to 750 euros and includes exemptions for worship, festivities and other protected situations.
- On Friday, the Lleida city council approved a new ordinance banning garments that fully conceal the face in public spaces, passing with 16 votes in favor and 11 against.
- Lleida previously prohibited full-face veils in 2010, but the Spanish Supreme Court annulled the rule in 2013 for infringing on religious freedom; the new measure aims to navigate those past legal challenges.
- Supported by the Socialist Party , Junts, and Vox, the reform includes exemptions for places of worship and socially accepted customs, with breaches carrying fines ranging from €400 to €750.
- Opposing the text, the People's Party , Republican Left , and Com criticized the measure as punitive; the ordinance has only initial approval and must complete its administrative procedure.
- Spain currently lacks national legislation restricting these garments, unlike European Union members such as France, Belgium, Denmark, and Austria, leaving individual municipalities to address the issue locally.
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Spanish city bans burqa, niqab in public spaces
BARCELONA: The Spanish city of Lleida on Friday approved a ban on full-face coverings in most public spaces in a rare step targeting the Muslim burqa and niqab in the country. Unlike European neighbors such as France, Portugal or Belgium, Spain has no national legislation banning or restricting the use of the garments worn by some Muslim women. A provincial capital of around 150,000 people in the northeastern region of Catalonia, around 150 kilo…
The City Council of the Spanish city of Lleida, in the region of Catalonia, approved this Friday the prohibition of wearing the face fully covered in public spaces, which includes the use of the burka or niqab, with some exceptions such as places of worship.
Woman using burca. Riccardo Vitali, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The city of Lérida, a city in the interior of Catalonia, Spain, banned on Friday (25) the use of "elements that completely hide the face", such as the burca and the niqab, in public spaces. ^ Follow the international news channel of the g1 in WhatsApp The prohibition appears in a new "Municipal norm of civilization and coexistence", approved on Friday by the city hall, and prov…
The municipality of Lérida voted against hiding its face under penalty of a fine of 750 euros, reviving a national debate on immigration and religious freedom The city
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