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 […]
After Nice, the Cannes Mayor has also passed legislation that no Muslim Burqini ladies should be seen at the Mediterranean beaches. In the meantime the ban has spread to a third coastal city. The Pakistani DAWN reports: Woman forced to remove clothing on France beach after burkini ban DAWN.COM — […]
Source: The Guardian By Dr Giles Fraser, who is priest-in-charge at St Mary’s Newington in south London and the former canon chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral. He writes the Loose […]
Source: BBC Attacks by Islamist militants as well as strikes and floods have led to a big fall in tourism in Paris. There were a million fewer visitors between January […]
Source: BBC By Karen Allen Behind a wire-mesh fence embedded in weeds, in the northern Paris suburb of Gennevilliers, stand a cluster of terracotta-coloured buildings and a row of tents. […]
Burkini Beach Ban: Must French Muslim Women Become Invisible? 22, 8,2016 It would be hard to find swimwear skimpy enough to cause offence on the French Riviera. It turns out that people are more easily shocked by the idea of covering up. With emotions still running high after the attacks […]
We, in the Muslim Times, are building the case for Nobel Peace Prize for PM Justin Trudeau, given his dedication to all minority groups and human rights for every […]
By THE EDITORIAL BOARDAUG. 18, 2016 A woman wearing a burkini, a swimsuit that leaves only the face, hands and feet exposed, as she swims at Marseille, France. CreditReuters After bans on full-face veils, head scarves in schools and rules about students’ skirt lengths, France’s perennial problem with Muslim women’s […]
theguardian: by Hadley Freeman — Trust the French to make exposure of female flesh an essential part of their national identity. Come on France, you’re better than these burkini bans A threat to the ‘soul of France’ or just a chic bathing suit? Photograph: nullplus/Getty Images/iStockphoto I’m going on a […]
Source: The Guardian By William Hutton, who has written a weekly column for more than 15 years: six years at the Guardian and nine years at the Observer. He is principal […]
Source: ET Volunteer surf life saver Mecca Laalaa runs along a beach. PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON: The ban on the Islamic burkini swimsuit on some French beaches has triggered disdain in English-speaking countries, where outlawing religion-oriented clothing is seen as hampering integration. Newspaper commentators have condemned the ban as an absurdity, and […]
Source: Reuters By Geert De Clercq | PARIS Ten Muslim women wearing burkinis to the beach have been apprehended by police in the southern French city of Cannes in the […]
Source: Associated Press By ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS (AP) — Male officials are dictating what women can wear on French beaches — and people across a wide swath of French society […]
Source: The Guardian Three French Mediterranean towns have banned the burkini. Photograph: Reuters BY Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Political rows over Muslim women’s clothing have weighed on French politics for more […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post There’s a full-fledged political debate going on in France over, well, proper swimming attire. On Sunday, a small town on the island of Corsica became the third city in France to outlaw burkinis, a form of modest swimwear worn by […]
Source: The Daily Beast By Christopher Dickey The ban in Cannes of the Muslim bathing suit known as a ‘burqini’ was intended as a statement of secularism. In fact, it’ […]
Source: Yahoo News Nice (France) (AFP) – The French resort of Cannes won court backing for its “burkini ban” on Saturday as a judge refused to overturn its decision to […]
Source: The Guardian Agence-France Presse The mayor of Cannes has banned the wearing of burqinis on the beaches of the French Riviera resort famous for its annual film festival. Mayor […]
Source: Religion News Service By Tom Heneghan PARIS (RNS) Violent Islamist attacks in France and Germany have piled pressure on the two governments to search for new ways to confront […]
Source: Aljazeera A waterpark near the French city of Marseille has cancelled plans to host a one-day private event for Muslim women wearing burkinis, full-body swimsuits. Waterpark officials and French […]