Spanish Politician Compares Catholics with the Taliban
Case information
Incident date
Country
Spain
Place
Sevilla
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Societal Sphere
Social Media
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Other (text field)
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
Negative Stereotyping
Place of Incident
Other (text field)
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Reported to Police
No
Response of Local Authorities
Unknown
Image credit: Twitter
Politician Beatriz Bandera posted on Twitter on the 2. November a short video of the Sevillian Holy Week devotees during their yearly procession with the caption "Our Taliban". With this post, she compares faithful Catholics during a peaceful procession with the terrorist group of radical Islamist fundamentalists. Despite the criticism and offence that her commentary has generated, Mrs Bandera has not apologised, "I criticise what I finance with my taxes. Can I? Or not?", she reiterated.
