PhotoPrime Minister Manuel Valls of France sharply criticized on Monday a New York Times article in which French Muslim women described being ostracized by non-Muslims, discriminated against when they sought jobs and made to feel persecuted. The article, which was based on numerous comments from European Muslim women, most of them French, was written in light of the controversy over the full-body bathing suit known as the burkini. More than 30 French cities and towns had banned the burkini from public beaches, although an increasing number of those bans have been overturned by French courts. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe Times responded that Mr. Valls was mistaken about how the reporting for the piece had been done. Mr. Valls said the burkini was “not an anodyne bathing outfit, but a provocation.”

Source: New York Times September 06, 2016 00:22 UTC