Henri Leroy, the mayor of Mandelieu-La-Napoule, told MailOnline that he had extended the ban until the end of September, saying that the Muslim residents of the town should be reminded that “they are French first and of Muslim confession second”. There are people who have sensitivities to the sun who you see wearing long trousers, long sleeved shirts and big hats to avoid too much exposure, or people who aren’t comfortable with exposing their body because of their shape and who go to the beach but wear clothing different from what the average beachgoer is wearing.
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A law banning the full-body “burkini” swimsuit in France would stoke tensions between communities and would be both unconstitutional and ineffective, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in an interview published on Sunday.
On Friday, France’s highest administrative court annulled the ban on burkinis adopted by some 15 French coastal cities, on the grounds that they violated fundamental rights of citizens.
The UN has weighed in on France’s “burkini ban” controversy, urging the seaside towns at the heart of the dispute to repeal their restrictions on the concealing swimwear.
Officials have said the ban on the outfit was a response to growing concerns about radical Islamic terrorism. Alluding to the murder of French priest Father Jacques Hamel by IS supporters Adel Kermiche and Abdel-Malik Petitjean, at a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, the manager says: They killed a priest recently OK? More rulings are expected in the next few days as local courts are hearing other contested town decrees.
“These mayors don’t want to lose face in front of extreme-right voters”, Marwan Muhammad, the group’s president, told CNN.
“Dress codes such as the anti-burkini decrees disproportionately affect women and girls, undermining their autonomy by denying them the ability to make independent decisions about how to dress, and clearly discriminate against them”. “We have to protect those people”. It enshrines secularism in education but also guarantees the freedom of religion and freedom to exercise it.
The women are seen sitting at a table where they were initially offered glasses of water, before a man, thought to be a manager of the restaurant, emerged from the kitchen and launched into an abusive tirade.
Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former president who is now seeking reelection has described the burkini as a “provocation”, arguing it is a product of radical Islam.
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Valls called the burkini a “symbol of the enslavement of women”, and Sarkozy said wearing it was a “provocation”.
