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“Concern and sadness for continued, repeated offences against the religious feelings of devotees of different confessions”. This has been expressed by the Spanish Federation of Jewish Communities, the Spanish Bishops Conference, the Spanish Islamic Commission and the Spanish Federation of Evangelical Religious institutions in a joint release issued yesterday. “For a long time, we, citizens of this country, believers and non believers, have ventured together on a journey of no return towards cohabitation in freedom and in peace, within the rule of the law, and the acknowledgement and respect of each other’s human rights”, write the signers of the release, in which they recall the steps made in the understanding of the “wicked nature of discriminatory and hateful feelings, speeches and actions because of race, national country, sex, political ideology, sexual preference or religion. We have equipped ourselves with laws to deter, prosecute and punish the most serious and extreme occurrences of such behaviours”. And, “most importantly, even if there’s still a lot to do, we have managed to develop a shared social awareness, which reports, leaves out and does not tolerate such behaviours”.

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2018/2/20