A law for free advise Watani entity9
A law for free advise Watani entity in its application for the 'burka'.
Lleida, July 5 .- A law firm in Barcelona has offered its services free to Watani Islamic Association, which has used the Lleida City Council decision to ban the use of the integral veil, and has announced its readiness to take the case to the European Union and the UN if necessary.
According to explained Carlos Antoli, Abocam counsel in the firm, his firm has decided to, sto credits, offer their services for free to Watani Association for Freedom and Justice after learning that the entity could not find a lawyer who would take the case.
"We believe that all people are entitled to a dnse and are ready to dnd its position for free because we believe unjust prohibition of the 'burqa', since it violates the law of, aika gold, religious freedom," explains Antoli.
Counsel further notes that the firm, which has already agreed to a meeting for next Wednesday with representatives of the association, first try to reach an agreement with the council to return to amend the ordinance which includes the prohibition, but if this not the case are willing to resort to the, aion kinah, EU and the UN.
"If we reach an agreement, in addition to the courts, appealed to the Court of Human Rights to the UN, as we believe it is a discriminatory decision," concludes Antoli.
For its part, the president of the association Watani, Mourad El-Boudouhi, explained to that after attending the June 23 to seek a judicial review against the motion of leridano start the paperwork to get a lawyer without so far one has been assigned.
El-Boudouhi, moreover, ensures that the Association has been in contact with up to four law firms Lleida applies for their services, but these have declined advice, saying he had as a client to the city of Lleida and would take a conflict of interest.
The expected Boudouhi now, with the advice of AboCAM, its application may come to fruition, as the association considers totally unfair the motion approved by the municipality of Lleida, which followed similar ones across Spain.
"These motions are a direct attack on Muslim women by limiting their rights. If the councils believe that these women wear the 'burqa' on a mandatory basis they have to give arms to enable them to denounce their husbands or their families, not to prohibit they put it, because that will only lead to stay at home, "he says.
For The Boudouhi, the motion is not nothing but a ballot measure that can bring "very negative consequences."
Moreover, he criticized the silence on this issue the Minister for Equality, Bibiana Aido.
"They are the public administration and the minister who mistreat Muslim women by their silence," he said.
The president of the association also has criticized Muslim mosques in Lleida, as it ensures that contacted the 16 registered in the demarcation to collect signatures against the motion and gave no support "for fear or not to confront the council. " 1010878