Local government administrators in Grenoble have claimed that an activist group supporting the sharia-compliant swimwear known as the “burkini” has disrupted several swimming pools in the city.
The ban on the sharia-compliant swimwear known as the “Burkini” has been overturned by the higher administrative court in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate after a judge decided the ban violated the constitution.
The government of the Swiss city of Geneva have effectively banned the Islamic swimwear known as the Burkini.
British holiday makers wearing burkinis left a swimming pool after being told the Islamic swimwear was “not acceptable” and that they must “follow Portuguese culture”.
France’s President Hollande has admitted that his country has a problem with Islam and has warned that France’s national symbol could one day be a woman in a burka.
A number of French mayors have banned the smoking of hookah pipes in their municipalities. They insist that the ban is a public order issue, but critics have accused the mayors of attacking ethnic minority customs – which they say will raise racial tensions.
FRANCONVILLE (FRANCE) (AFP) – French Presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy said that once immigrants are granted citizenship in France they “should live like the French”.
A swimming pool in the Austrian capital of Vienna has stoked controversy by forcing a Muslim woman wearing the Islamic swimwear known as the burkini to leave the facility.
Two women have been assaulted and their husbands severely beaten on the French Riviera, after a gang of “youths” called the women “whores” because they were wearing shorts.
(AFP) – A Nice court finally suspended the burkini ban on Thursday after authorities in the French Riviera resort had defied a ruling by the country’s highest administrative court. Judges in Nice said the July 14 terror attack on the
The majority of the British public support banning the burka, with just 25 per cent opposing such a move, a new poll suggests. The survey by YouGov found that support for a ban was strongest among older Britons, with an
In Israel, where it is fair to say Muslims and Jews do not always agree, there is shared confusion and surprise at events across the Mediterranean: the push by French mayors to ban full-body swimsuits, or “burkinis”, on beaches.
An “operation go topless day”, planned after a topless woman in France was assaulted on the beach by “clothed holiday makers”, has been cancelled because of fears of disruption and “racist remarks and violent reactions”.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy announced Monday that if reelected he would amend the country’s constitution to include an all-out ban on full-body burkini swimsuits.
It would be “unconstitutional” for France to pass a law banning the burkini, and such a move could cause irreparable harm, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve warned in an interview.
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s highest administrative court on Friday suspended a ban on full-body burkini swimsuits that has outraged Muslims and opened divisions within the government, pending a definitive ruling.
CHATEAURENARD, France (Reuters) – Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he would impose a nationwide ban on burkinis if elected back to the presidency in 2017, positioning himself as a strong defender of French values and tough on immigration. Hundreds of
Nearly two out of three people in France oppose the burkini while just over one person in 20 approves of the controversial garment according to a new poll. Overall, 64 per cent of people in France disapprove of the full
(AFP) – France’s highest administrative court will decide Friday whether to overturn the ban on wearing the full-body burkini swimsuit which has sparked controversy at home and abroad. The State Council heard arguments Thursday from the Human Rights League and
Feminists and left-wing activists have held a “Wear What You Want Beach Party” outside the French embassy in London against the temporary “Burkini bans” implemented in some French coastal towns.
Sydney (AFP) – Burkini bans in France have boosted sales and interest in the full-bodied Islamic swimsuit, particularly from non-Muslim women, the Australian credited with creating the design said Tuesday.
(AFP) – A French administrative tribunal on Monday upheld a burkini ban decided by a Riviera resort which was one of a growing number of towns to outlaw the body-concealing Islamic swimsuit. The Nice tribunal rejected an appeal by two
Three resorts in France were poised Tuesday to join three other seaside towns in banning the burkini, the full-body Islamic swimming garment that has sparked concern about religious extremism.
Ten Muslim women have been criminalised for wearing burkinis – or full body swimsuits – on a French beach, after three seaside towns banned the Islamic garments following a series of Islamist terror attacks.
