Religious Festival Forbidden: in Spain, "the Radical Left Stands in Favour of Islam Against the Extreme Right of Vox"

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In Spain, the decision of a right-wing municipality in the Murcia region to ban Muslim religious holidays in the public space was out of the question. The controversy revealed the power games between radical left and extreme right as well as the latent tensions around immigration in Spain.