Lleida bans the burqa except if worn for religious reasons
The new Lleida Civic Ordinance prohibits wearing a face covering, except in places of worship, where "it is customary" or when it is protected "by a fundamental right.".
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The Lleida City Council (PSC) has approved a new Civility Ordinance that prohibits completely covering the face in public spaces. The text, however, It establishes exceptions such as use in religious spaces, when wearing the face covered is customary, or when it is protected by the exercise of a fundamental right.A relevant clause in the case of the burqa and the niqab because of their link to religious freedom. The fine provided for is between €400 and €750, but only after a warning. and provided that the person cannot avail themselves of any of the exceptions in the same by-law.. The text makes no mention of the burqa, the niqab or Islam.
This lack of clarity suggests that the real intention is not to ban the burqa or the niqab but to prohibit covering one's face without a religious motive. This was the criticism of PP councillor Xavi Palau, who said that the City Council is not banning the burqa but regulating the circumstances in which it may be worn.
The ordinance has been approved with the votes in favour from the PSC, Junts and Vox, and against from the PP, ERC and the Comú; There were no abstentions. Junts had gone from abstaining in committee to final support after the PSC accepted much of their amendments, including adding to Article 12 that the ban will apply. «in accordance with current legislation», a precaution designed to fit with any eventual state regulation.
The mayor who talks to «Islamists»
The mayor, Félix Larrosa, explained that The Town Council had spoken with «Islamists» before addressing the ban on the burqa and the niqab. According to Larrosa, the interlocutors consulted assured them that There is no precept in the Qur'an that obliges women to wear the hijab. face covered. According to Larrosa, at that moment, There were no women in Lleida known to be wearing a burqa or niqab..
The consultation fits with the argument Larrosa has been using since April to justify the regulation. The mayor insists that he is not presenting the burqa as a security issue, but rather as a matter of women's rights, and maintains that the Muslim religion does not require covering the face. The paradox is that the ordinance does not explicitly ban either the burqa or the niqab: it prohibits concealing the face and, at the same time, includes an exception when doing so is protected by a fundamental right.
Junts also wanted to ban the burka… without banning it.
The PSC's proposal in Lleida arrives months after Junts presented its proposal to Congress to ban the burka and the niqab. The proposal was the response to the one Vox had presented a few months earlier, which provided for sanctions and expulsion from the country in cases of reoffending. Junts had committed to presenting a proposal and did so. In fact, The text stated that it banned the burka and the niqab, but did not include any sanction or consequence for women who wear a burka or niqab..
The most surprising thing about the Junts text that did not ban full-face veils was that it included the transfer to Catalonia of the powers over immigration, border control and the processing of identity cards. No one voted in favour.
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