Spanish Councilor of Culture Hints that Churches Should be Burned

Case information
Incident date
Country
Spain
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Political
  • Radical Left
Societal Sphere
  • Governmental
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Insult or Incitement
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols

Aida Ginestar Pau, town councilor for sport and culture of the Spanish city Alzira in the province of Valencia, attacked the Catholic Church and Christianity on social media. On her Facebook page, the left-wing Podemos politician wrote a post that spoke about the Catholic Church, in which she laughed at the institution and in what could be seen as incitement to violence asked "but are there still churches that have not burned all??" In Valencian: "Jajajaja jajajaja!!!! Però queden esglesies encara?? No les han cremat totes???".

Sources: Actuall and El Municipio

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