Soon after she did the same thing for Muslim women who wanted to swim at Sydney beaches — but not in bikinis. For many Muslim women the burkini solved a beach dilemma. He told the newspaper La Provence this week that, “The burkini is not a new range of swimwear, a fashion. A number of factors have turned France into the epicenter of the clash between extremist Islam and Western societies. The French state, in turn, like other states, must recommit itself to combating prejudice against Muslims.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2016 10:52 UTC