Around 30 cities on the southern French coast have banned the body-covering one-pieces this summer, a move that has seen protests across the world after allegations of racism.
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He said he doesn’t know whether a woman was actually wearing a burkini the day a clash occurred that set a group of Corsican sunbathers of North African origin against villagers from Sisco. The prohibitions instead often outlaw clothing not “respectful of good morals and of secularism” and outline restrictions on clothing that covers certain areas of the body. Even mainstream French feminists, who have tolerated policing the wardrobes of Muslim women in the past, are mystified.
Photographs of armed police ordering a Muslim woman on a beach in the Mediterranean city of Nice to partially disrobe went viral on social media this week, upsetting many French Muslims and causing global consternation. In order “to reconcile the principle of freedom of religion and that of secularism”, the Council ruled, “the Constitution forbids “persons to profess religious beliefs for the goal of noncompliance with the common rules governing relations between public communities and private individuals”. A politician from the Netherlands on Friday published a manifesto that calls for the the the Muslim holy book the Quran to be banned and for mosques and Islamic schools to be closed.
“It’s a complicated subject and both sides have compelling arguments”, Sebbag said, adding that the French state is a “secular country with freedom of religion”.
“We have to wage a determined fight against radical Islam, against these religious symbols which are filtering into public spaces”, Valls said in an interview on BFM-TV.
Mr Sarkozy, who served as French President from 2007 to 2012, is campaigning to be the conservative candidate for next year’s elections.
Thousands of supporters waving French flags chanted “Nicolas!”
From inserting a false notion of protecting public order, to rationalising the bombing of distant nations, the demonisation of Muslims can provide an instant gain of much-needed votes in times of political crisis.
What may end up killing the bans, according to Uddin, is that such a broad prohibition on swimwear would be hard to enforce.
“People that wear a burkini swimsuit are not a criminal”. In Canada, a major campaign issue previous year was whether to stop women from wearing niqabs during citizenship ceremonies. Since taking power, the government has shifted tack and now permits hijabs as part of the country’s iconic “Mountie” uniform.
None more so than the National Front, a far-right party led by Marine Le Pen, who are anti-immigrant, and aggressively nationalistic.
– “No link to terrorism” -Vallaud-Belkacem, who is of Moroccan origin, took issue with the wording of the ban in Nice which linked the measure to the jihadist attack in the resort last month in which 86 people were killed.
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President Francois Hollande said Thursday that life in France “supposes that everyone sticks to the rules and that there is neither provocation nor stigmatisation”.
