A few weeks later, on August 26, the French Council of State, France's highest administrative court, overturned the ban and ruled that mayors do not have the right to ban burkinis. Whether Vallis is proposing to ban the burkini in favor of the monokini is unclear. Predictably, Marine Le Pen, the president of France's anti-immigration National Right party urged that the ban be immediately adopted nationally. While it may offend the fashion sensibilities of some of France's mayors, the burkini does not pose a threat to public safety. For that reason, leave the burkini alone, but yes ban the burqa, Halloween masks and anything else that prevents the proper identification of its wearer.

Source: Huffington Post September 03, 2016 13:52 UTC