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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @03:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @03:48PM (#394237)

    Islam isn't the issue, its the right to believe whatever the fuck you want thats the issue. The clothing you wear, whether its a burka or nothing at all, is not "forcing your beliefs" on anyone, its better known as "freedom of expression".

    To avoid contradiction, list a single Islamic country that enjoys these freedoms.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @05:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @05:22PM (#394263)

    > To avoid contradiction, list a single Islamic country that enjoys these freedoms.

    Basically all of them. The Saudis are dicks, but they don't proclaim themselves to be anything more than dicks. Being better than one of the most autocratic regimes in the world is nothing to be proud of.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @06:34PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @06:34PM (#394286)

      Basically all of them.

      Really? [wordpress.com]

      • Iran: Today, in Iran, freedom of expression and, more importantly, freedom after expressing an idea, do not exist at all.
      • Jordan: Jordan citizens have very little free press rights
      • Malaysia: Malaysia’s dedication to the freedom of speech has been questionable throughout its history,
      • Egypt: not really [wordpress.com]
      • Libya: Free speech rights have been booming in Libya upon the overthrow of Gaddafi (one)
      • Morocco: when comparing freedom of speech from the 1990s to 2016, modern Morocco appears to have more restrictions.
      • Nigeria: Sharia, or Islamic law, courts, operate in 12 northern states of Nigeria, “demonstrate antagonism toward free expression
      • ...

      1/7 - I'm not going through them all.

  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Sunday August 28 2016, @07:13PM

    by isostatic (365) on Sunday August 28 2016, @07:13PM (#394298) Journal

    Did I read somewhere it's illegal to be topless on a US beach?