– Several cities in France have banned women from wearing burkinis, a type of swimsuit for Muslim women

– Mayor of Cannes has called the burkini a “uniform of extremist Islamism” The cities of Cannes, Villeneuve-Loubet and Sisco on the island of Corsica have banned the traditional swimsuit for Muslim women.


Burkini’s design is intended to comply with the Quranic instruction for women to dress modestly.

It covers the whole body except the face, the hands and the feet, whilst being light enough to enable swimming.


In August David Lisnard, the mayor of Cannes, banned the swimsuits, citing a possible link to Islamic extremism and disregard for French laws on secularism. He said: “Swimwear manifesting religious affiliation in an ostentatious way, while France and its religious sites are currently the target of terrorist attacks, could create risks of trouble to public order.”


The debate about Islamic dress has become particularly sensitive in France after a series of attacks by Islamist militants, including the murder of a Catholic priest by ISIS supporters, an attack that killed 85 people in Nice and the Paris attacks which killed 130 people last November.


The bans have already caused strong criticism from Muslim groups and anti-discrimination organisations, who argue women have the freedom to dress how they like.


Recall that France introduced a ban on wearing full-face niqab and burqa veils in public in 2010. The country has the largest Muslim minority in Western Europe, which is estimated at 5 million — a total of 5 to 10% of the national population!


Read more: https://www.naij.com/931072-france-forces-muslim-women.html

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God bless France.

Laughing in Swahili banning of burkini won't stop Obama's boys " ISIS " from doing their assign job.

When will the world realize that Islam is not a religion

Its a political movement.

So when u say freedom of religion, do not include Islam in that cause it ain't a religion.

Before you call me crazy, ask any true Muslim which he prefers, sharia law or democracy.

If they prefer sharia law, then why have the mix and infiltrate a democracy in the first place, with the goal of ending up in a theocracy

One day Seun too will realize the need to put these people where they belong instead of shielding them while they spread their evil doctrine freely.

I learnt that the Japanese government allowed only one mosque in the whole Japan.

If this is true then people are really being proactive.