El problema de la utilización de vestimentas religiosas en el espacio público: el asunto del "burqa" islámico en España
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Overview
published in
publication date
- April 2012
start page
- 133
end page
- 160
volume
- 1
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International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1122-0392
abstract
- A large percentage of European citizens consider the burqa a symbol of Islamic fundamentalism and women discrimination. This paper focuses on Spanish Law, where some Council have banned the burqa - or they are in the process of doing so - in public buildings as an item of clothing against security and Spanish values. Is it a legitimate measure in democratic and pluralistic societies? The paper tries to answer this question taking into account the resolutions of international organizations of hu- man rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. An introduction analyzes sociological and legal data about Islamic com- munities in Spain.