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posted by martyb on Sunday August 28 2016, @08:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the we're-covering-this-story dept.

BBC News and CNN (disable CSS if page appears blank) report that the Council of State, a French administrative court, has suspended the ban on "burkini" swimsuits enacted in the town of Villeneuve-Loubet. The court has not yet decided whether the ban is legal or not. In the ruling, the court said that the ban "seriously and clearly illegally breached fundamental freedoms." Several other towns have recently enacted similar bans.

The Guardian (safe for work) reported on an incident in Nice in which the ban was enforced: police appeared to make a sunbather remove part of her suit.

previously:
The French Solution - or How I Learned to Laugh More (subtitle: Cannes Bans "Burkinis" Over Suspected Link to Radical Islamism)


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday August 28 2016, @10:25AM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Sunday August 28 2016, @10:25AM (#394154) Homepage

    If a non-Muslim wears a burkini, is it still a burkini?

    I've got a female friend who surfs, and in the winter she's more covered up than she woudl be in a burkini.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @10:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @10:50AM (#394161)

    Ah, but she's not wearing that for Islam-related reasons, therefore she's unable to hide a bomb under it!

    To be consistent, those towns have to ban Muslims from wearing anything more than a bikini all year long. After all, how many bombs can you hide under a winter jacket?

    Liberté, égalité, fraternité... except for those people, eh?

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @12:22PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @12:22PM (#394175)

      I think the ban is stupid, the state has no more justification dictating attire than religion.

      When you're talking about beaches in relation to tourism, I can perfectly understand why some mayors want this item of clothing banned. Those who do not understand simply need consider the sheer number of tourist destinations that are now off the list thanks to Islam. The burkini is simply another representation of an intolerant, separatist culture that demands we tolerate them. History shows we would be foolish to do so. [wikipedia.org]

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @11:49PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @11:49PM (#394357)

        Okay let's look at what I said before I was modded troll with rationality and facts:

        For some reason, people do not want to go on holiday where there are radical muslims. I disagree with the birkini ban but accept why French mayors are calling for it. Anybody who refuses to accept the underlying problem is a part of the problem. When muslim extremism and non-integration has an economic effect on the indigenous population, everyone needs to recognise a (incorrect) symptom of a wider problem that we have to tackle and deal with! The solution is not US/Saudi funding of ISIS, the Kurds or Al-Qaeda to prevent a gas pipeline running from Iran through Syria to Russia!