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Spain opens door to ban on burqas
Spain's interior minister Jorge Fernández Díaz on Wednesday said the Spanish government would consider including a ban on burqas as part of a packet of planned new security reforms.
Catalan town defies courts with burqa ban
The town of Reus in Spain's Catalonia region on Friday passed legislation banning the wearing of full face veils in public places, the first decision of its kind in Spain.
Catalonia to push ahead with burqa ban plans
The government of Spain's Catalonia region said on Thursday it would push ahead with a planned burqa ban after the EU ruled recently that banning full face veils in public did not violate the human rights of Muslim women.
Nazi gets Spain's first Islamophobia jail term
A web administrator who was handed Spain's first prison sentence for running a homepage inciting race hatred against Muslims could escape jail if he attends a human rights course.
Catalan census links burqas with terror threat
Catalan cops are keeping a close eye on Muslim women wearing full-body veils to determine whether they are linked to any radical Islamist groups in the region.
Catalonia lifts veil on 'burqa ban' plans
The Catalan Government has announced plans to control the wearing of burqas and other face-covering attire in public spaces "for reasons of public safety".
Judges okay brothels after mosque veto
A judge in the Catalonian town of Lleida (Lérida) has ordered the city's town hall to hand over a licence to a brothel just two streets away from where Catalonia's supreme court banned the building of a mosque a year ago.