French city shuts down public pools after two women wear burkinis Source: The Guardian Despite the unprecedented heatwave sweeping across western Europe, lifeguards in Grenoble have shut down the city’s two municipal […]
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 […]
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 […]
Swimwear adhering to hijabi dresscode banned from German pool A two-piece ‘burqini’ covers the hair and arms and has long trousers A person complained at a pool in Regensburg, southeast Germany Mayor didn’t understand why she needed to cover up in front of women By Sara Malm for MailOnline Published: […]