Spanish town to debate veil ban

A Spanish town is to debate calls for a ban on wearing the full-face Islamic veil in public amid growing cross-party opposition to the burqa in the country, a local party said Tuesday: the moderate Catalan nationalists of the Convergence and Union (CiU) party proposed the ban, calling the veil “an obstacle to the dignity and integration of women in our society,” they said in a statement.

via:[http://www.expatica.com/es/news/spanish-news/spanish-town-to-debate-veil-ban_68688.html]

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