(Olive Press) Spain’s government has increased monitoring to track “hate speech” on social media after a Murcia region council banned Islamic festivals from using municipal property and land.
The Partido Popular-led authority in Jumilla voted in the controversial measure which was initially proposed by the lone far-right Vox representative on the council.
The government says it intends to follow “very closely” the impact of the council decision.
The Vox motion referred to the Islamic prayer festivals as “cultural practices alien to Spain” that “affect social cohesion, generating internal tensions and conflicts, uprooting and erosion of national identity.”
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