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Spain: City in northeast becomes country's first to ban burqa
AKI ^ | 09 dicembre 2010

Posted on 12/12/2010 8:19:38 AM PST by george76

Lleida in the northeastern Catalonia region on Thursday became Spain's first city to introduce a ban on wearing the face-covering Islamic burqa in public places. These places include offices, sports centres, markets and other property owned by the city council. The niqab - which covers the face but leaves a small slit for the eyes - has also been banned.

In neighbouring France, the national parliament in September outlawed the burqa and veils which cover the face...

The same month, two separate bills were presented in the upper and lower houses of the Italian parliament which aim to end the wearing of burqas and face-covering garments in Italy on security grounds.

(Excerpt) Read more at adnkronos.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banburqa; burqa; burqaban; france; italy; niqab; spain

1 posted on 12/12/2010 8:19:39 AM PST by george76
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To: george76

Surprising that this would happen in a city there. But a good start! :)


2 posted on 12/12/2010 8:24:41 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Grammar police off-duty. But I saw what you did.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
But a good start! :)

Let's just hope it is not too late for Europe.

3 posted on 12/12/2010 8:30:49 AM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: george76
No masks,no mosques.

Do both and Europe will be much safer.

OIL is the only reason the Muslims have gained such great power in the West.And it need never have happened;we didn't even need to take their oil by force,all we need have done was build lots of nuclear power plants using a proven,standard design as have the French,drilled and mined the oil,coal, and gas which is in our own territory,expanded hydropower instead of destroying dams,and a few other truly common-sense acts By we I mean the entire Western world..

The enviromental whackos have been useful idiots as a justification for the Muslim -controlled oil producers to gain control of the world economy.

4 posted on 12/12/2010 8:31:13 AM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
A good next step is the stopping of subsidized immigration everywhere(including the U.S.)

Bringing in Muslim Somali refugees to the U.S. hasn't helped the black African Christians being murdered in Africa.

If Christian refugees had been brought over it would have been somewhat better;especially if we trained and armed them to go back and put a stop to the murderous rampages of the Muslim terrorists..

5 posted on 12/12/2010 8:36:26 AM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: george76

There are a few people in a few places who finally get it. Not enough.


6 posted on 12/12/2010 8:56:47 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Liberalism is against human nature. Practicing liberalism is detrimental to your mental stability.)
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To: george76

What is really scary is that Europe is taking the lead on an obvious security-threat matter, and, an abusive practice on a segment of the population.

Can you imagine the stink groups like CAIR and other Islamic groups would raise if burqas were banned? They would be clogging our courts.


7 posted on 12/12/2010 9:07:49 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (Whenever something is "Global"...it means its bad for America)
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To: george76; Marie Antoinette

To really give this some teeth, they need to take the burqa-clad offender and whisk her off for an Extreme Makeover and then to Glamour Shots. That ought to help. :)

Mrs. BGH


8 posted on 12/12/2010 9:20:39 AM PST by Big Giant Head (Two years no AV, no viruses, computer runs great!)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Torquemada smiles at your surprise.

If I had a tagline in Spain 1450 it would be:
When fighting insurgents
Put the screws to them


9 posted on 12/12/2010 9:31:32 AM PST by kinghorse (Ameristroika, the re-awakening. Repudiate FDR, repudiate JFK, repudiate big govsoc)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

I see women typically in threes scurrying about in a store or whatnot covered up with their scarves and long robes and see how excited they are to be not in the company of a male relative. It’s really quite comical to observe.

Remember, in the US they are trying a sort of moderate Islamism where the women can drive and run around like giggling school girls holding hands, literally running around to get their shopping done without the presence of a male relative. They are tripped out over the prospect of being out from underneath the patriarchal thumb so they still run out of some sort of instinct. Okay maybe not run, but they move fast like they are out after curfew.

It evolution in action. I don’t like the get ups though. Those things are very much societal subculturalism, not needed and not wanted.


10 posted on 12/12/2010 9:38:08 AM PST by kinghorse (Ameristroika, the re-awakening. Repudiate FDR, repudiate JFK, repudiate big govsoc)
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To: george76
I'm starting to agree with the leftists - we should be more like Europe!


11 posted on 12/12/2010 9:45:42 AM PST by Iron Munro (Those who claim you owe them a living are cannibals seeking to survive by consuming you.)
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To: kinghorse

Torquemada’s dead, kinghorse. If he weren’t, he’d look around Catalonia and wish he were.


12 posted on 12/12/2010 10:27:12 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Grammar police off-duty. But I saw what you did.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Naw, he’d look around and start agitating. That’s what historical figures do.


13 posted on 12/12/2010 10:38:08 AM PST by kinghorse (Ameristroika, the re-awakening. Repudiate FDR, repudiate JFK, repudiate big govsoc)
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To: george76

For God, the Cid and Spain.


14 posted on 12/12/2010 5:03:24 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah coel Jmeth. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: george76

BUMP


15 posted on 12/12/2010 8:00:42 PM PST by indcons (Lurker mode off)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Surprised? Really? Europe was not never about freedom so I’m shocked that you would be surprised.

Meanwhile people here are revolting over a sneek peak at your undergarmets here.

Do I really need to post good old Ben Franklin here?


16 posted on 12/12/2010 9:14:38 PM PST by Almondjoy
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