Lleida's concessions to Islam: hijab for International Women's Day, halal and a mosque
The Lleida City Council has gone from wanting to ban the burka and the niqab to including the hijab on the 8-M poster.
8th March poster from Lleida
Leida City Council
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The Lleida City Council makes a new concession to Islam: the poster it has presented for the feminist day on 8 March. includes a woman with a hijab, an element that is a symbol of submission and religious oppression.
The last concessions of Lleida to the Muslims
The PSC's concessions to the Muslim community are constant. The Segre newspaper reports that this very week He has donated a plot of land for the construction of a large mosque..
The same newspaper reported at the end of January that the conditions for the management of the social canteen They don't serve pork and make the menus halal.. The reason given by the council is that The needs of diversity must be met..
From wanting to ban the burka in 2010 to promoting the hijab in 2024
Lleida was a pioneer in 2010 when it banned the burka and the niqab in public buildings. At that time the PSC, CiU and PP agreed, and only the minority ERC and ICV voted against it. The measure It was overturned in the courts three years later following a complaint by the Watani Association for Freedom and Justice..
Twenty-four years on, the same party is promoting the short version of the burka to celebrate Women's Day, giving away municipal plots of land to build mosques and removing pork from the community canteen.
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