Kijun Times
French towns ban Muslim women wearing full-body swimsuits |
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| 이름 | 임서영 | 등록일 | 16.08.21 | 조회수 | 709 |
 A woman in a burkini on the beach in Marseille, southern France./ AP-YonhapBy Yeo Ye-rim Some French seaside towns have banned Muslim women from wearing full-body swimsuits known as “burkinis.” Cannes Mayor David Lisnard said, according to British media outlets: “Beachwear which ostentatiously displays religious affiliation, when France and places of worship are currently the target of terrorist attacks, is liable to create risks of disrupting public order.” Several beach towns have banned burkinis, including Cannes, Villeneuve-Loubet and Sisco on the island of Corsica. This is not the first time France has tried to exclude Muslim culture. In 2004, the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools went into effect, banning people from wearing clothes with religious symbols in schools. In 2011, France became the first country to ban burqas. And just a few weeks ago, France’s right-wing leaders, including a member of former President Nicholas Sarkozy’s Les Republicains Party, Valerie Boyer, dismissed a plan by a community group in Marseille to reserve a water park for one day for Muslim women wearing burkinis. “Accepting this so-called fashion means we accept communalism in our country,” Boyer tweeted, according to the BBC, Thursday. |
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