Recent attempts in France to ban the burkini have prompted protests and court challenges. The decision comes after several Muslim women were ordered to remove the body-covering swimwear on French beaches. "[We] came across the burkini and thought, 'Perfect, it will work for all our customers,'" Kilam told CBC News from Newark, Calif. The company's various burkini options represent about 15 per cent of its sales, she said, and it's not only Muslim women ordering them. (The Associated Press)Kilam doesn't wear a burkini herself and says she doesn't necessarily agree with some of the ideas behind the origin of Muslim body coverings for women.

Source: CBC News August 26, 2016 16:51 UTC