Moral Patrols... Religious vigilante patrols in Spain

The reported capturing of a Muslim women in Reus (Tarragona) and the issuing of a stoning sentence for adultery by religious fanatics are a gauge of a phenomenon that has already appeared in Holland and France, and which is now taking root in Catalonia: the creation of Islamic moral brigades by fundamentalists, who claim the role of judges and police officers imposing a strict observance of Sharia, or Islamic law. [Religious Watch] Read more