The mayor of Lleida, Àngel Ros, said yesterday in an interview to El món a RAC1 that the Muslim community in Lleida "isn't in any process of radicalization" after the prohibition, to women wearing the full Islamic veil, of entering municipal facilities. The ban, which also extends to other objects that cover their faces like masks and helmets, has been accepted even by some of the Muslim community. According to Ros, "this has been a clear sign that not everything can be allowed in the integration process."Source.
... the socialist leader believes that "immigration should be controlled because the welfare state can not assume all", while generating "activity and wealth in countries from where immigration comes from."
"Immigrants must accept the roles of the host society" and understand that "go with the face covered in a civic center is not a sign of coexistence," he said.
Back in July, he told the Islamic community that the Major's office wasn't obliged to give religious communities temples, after the closure of the Mosque from Nord street. Local police have counted 1,200 people going to the mosque, while its capacity was of only 240. "It's "obvious" that if they want to pray at a mosque, the community must meet the conditions and legal regulations", he added.
The Salafist imam who run the mosque, Abdelwahab Houzi, said that he felt he was being persecuted.
Translation: T&P.
