Spanish archbishop calls burqa ‘discrimination against women’ while urging respect of religious beliefs

Spanish archbishop calls burqa ‘discrimination against women’ while urging respect of religious beliefs

After the Spanish parliament debated on Tuesday a controversial bill proposed by far-right party Vox to ban the burqa and niqab in public spaces, a leading Spanish archbishop has said the burqa discriminates against women while he also called for mutual respect among religious groups. The bill did not make it out of debate, but the proposal brought a range of views before the public. Speaking to Crux, Archbishop Joan Planellas of Tarragona said …