To burkini or not to burkini
Source: Dawn By Aisha Sarwari, who is a freelance writer based in Islamabad. She blogs at http://www.aishasarwari.wordpress.com. She can be followed on Twitter @AishaFsarwari Remember that dream where you wake […]
Burkini ban suspended by Nice court, dismissing claim of public order risk
Guardian: A Nice court finally suspended the burkini ban on Thursday after city authorities had defied a ruling by the country’s highest administrative court. Judges in Nice said the terror attack on 14 July in the French Riviera resort city gave insufficient grounds to justify such a ban. Thursday’s decision follows last […]
First official refugee camp to open in Paris by late September
ANADOLU AGENCY PARIS Tents of a migrant camp are pictured at the Parc des Olieux in Lille, northern France, on August 30, 2016 (AFP Photo) France is set to open its first approved refugee camp in the capital by the end of September, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced Wednesday. Hidalgo […]
Bretons bathe fully clothed as Muslim asked to leave beach
Photo: Screen shot/Ouest France Bretons bathe fully clothed as Muslim asked to leave beach Published: 29 Aug 2016 Protesters in Brittany take to the sea fully clothed after video emerges of a veil-wearing Muslim woman being asked to leave the beach in Nice, despite France’s top court ruling burqini-bans are […]
How a legal misunderstanding is fuelling France’s witch-hunt of Muslim women
Source: The Guardian While the burkini debate has stoked considerable coverage and discussion abroad, the debate is nothing new at home. To me, it seems to be a follow-up in […]
French minister: enemy seeks to divide Muslims, non-Muslims
Source: Associated Press By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister said Monday that the country is at war with an enemy trying to pit Muslims against non-Muslims, making […]
French minister meets Muslim leaders to bridge gaps
Source: Aljazeera Muslim leaders and politicians in France have met Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve to discuss the future of Islam in the country. Tensions are high between France and its Muslim community […]
Former U.S. Counterterrorism Chief Criticizes French Burkini Ban
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Michael Leiter, former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, saidFrench bans on full-body burkini swimsuits will cause a division in the country, making it more […]
French mayors refuse to lift burkini ban despite court ruling
Source: The Guardian A woman wears a burkini on the beach in Marseille, France. Photograph: Reuters Angelique Chrisafis in Paris A majority of mayors who have banned burkinis in about 30 French coastal resorts are refusing to lift the restrictions despite the country’s highest administrative court ruling that the bans […]
Paris restaurant ‘refuses to serve Muslim women’
Source: BBC A video showing a restaurateur in a Paris suburb apparently refusing to serve two Muslim women has sparked anger in France and calls for protest. In the video, […]
BURKINI BAN LIFTED, BUT SHOCK OF ISLAMOPHOBIA REMAINS
Source: World Religion News The world was recently shocked by the decision of certain French cities to ban the burkini, swimwear specially designed for use by Muslim women during a beach trip. The burkini is a swimsuit that covers the whole body, including the hair. The French authorities justified their […]
Meet the man paying off burqini fines in France
Businessman Rachid Nekkaz. Photo: AFP Published: 22 Aug 2016 16:24 GMT+02:00 A businessman has been picking up the tabs for the women caught wearing burqinis on French beaches, and tells The Local he’ll keep “fighting to the death” for freedom. Even though the burqini has been banned in over a […]
French mayors dismiss suspended burqini ban
Photo: Jean Christophe Magnenet /AFP Published: 27 Aug 2016 10:58 GMT+02:00 French resorts were defiant after a ban on the burqini in a Riviera town was overturned, vowing to keep the restrictions in place and continue imposing fines on women who wear the full-body swimsuit. France’s top court suspends burqini […]
France’s highest court suspends burkini ban in test case
Suspension concerns single ban in southern town but is likely to set precedent for other places that prohibited full-body swimwear A Muslim woman on a beach in Marseille earlier this month. Photograph: Reuters Staff and agencies Friday 26 August 2016 France’s highest administrative court has suspended a ban on […]
France’s highest court suspends burkini ban in test case
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis Suspension concerns single ban in southern town but is likely to set precedent for other places that prohibited full-body swimwear France’s highest administrative court […]
This Man Is Paying The Fines For Women Ticketed Under France’s Burkini Ban
Source: Huffington Post By Willa Frej, who is a reporter at The Huffington Post based in New York. Fluent in French and proficient in Spanish and Arabic, she focuses on […]
French burkini bans face legal challenge as tension mounts
Source: Associated Press By PHILIPPE SOTTO PARIS (AP) — France’s highest administrative authority is studying whether local bans on full-body burkini swimsuits are legal, amid growing concerns in the country […]
Sarkozy calls burkinis a ‘provocation’ that supports radical Islam
Source: The Guardian By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and Martin Farrer French presidential hopeful earns sharp rebuke from burkini designer Aheda Zanetti, who says French don’t understand her creation The […]
French burkini ban row escalates after clothing incident at Nice beach
Source: The Guardian A sign at Ponchettes beach in Nice shows the law forbidding the wearing of clothing such as the burkini. Photograph: Jean Christophe Magnenet/AFP/Getty By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris […]
Dear white people of France: being forced to undress wasn’t exactly the liberation I was longing for
It seems that oppression is only when brown men tell you how to dress; when white men do it it’s called liberation. But even French feminism has its roots in […]