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08-26-2016, 05:49 PM
France overturns burkini ban after global outrage
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After worldwide condemnation, France's top administrative court overturned a ban on the Muslim swimwear item, the burkini, in one French town.
The ban of the burkini, which covers a woman's head and body, on French Riviera beaches has been a topic of much conversation in recent weeks. It has also caused division in France's government and society.*
SEE ALSO: The real dangers of banning the burkini (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/france-ban-burkini/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The uproar reached a high point on Tuesday, when a photograph of a woman (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/french-police-burkini-ban/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) being asked to remove her burkini by armed police on a Nice beach spread like wildfire across the internet.
The ruling by the Council of State on Friday specifically concerns a ban in the Riviera town of Villeneuve-Loubet, but the binding decision is expected to set a legal precedent for all the 30 or so French resort municipalities that have issued similar decrees. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/burkini-ban-overturned/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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After worldwide condemnation, France's top administrative court overturned a ban on the Muslim swimwear item, the burkini, in one French town.
The ban of the burkini, which covers a woman's head and body, on French Riviera beaches has been a topic of much conversation in recent weeks. It has also caused division in France's government and society.*
SEE ALSO: The real dangers of banning the burkini (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/france-ban-burkini/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The uproar reached a high point on Tuesday, when a photograph of a woman (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/french-police-burkini-ban/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) being asked to remove her burkini by armed police on a Nice beach spread like wildfire across the internet.
The ruling by the Council of State on Friday specifically concerns a ban in the Riviera town of Villeneuve-Loubet, but the binding decision is expected to set a legal precedent for all the 30 or so French resort municipalities that have issued similar decrees. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/burkini-ban-overturned/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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