After worldwide condemnation, France’s top administrative court overturned a ban on the Muslim swimwear item, the burkini, in one French town.
The ban of the burkini, which covers a woman’s head and body, on French Riviera beaches has been a topic of much conversation in recent weeks. It has also caused division in France’s government and society.
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The uproar reached a high point on Tuesday, when a photograph of a woman being asked to remove her burkini by armed police on a Nice beach spread like wildfire across the internet.
The ruling by the Council of State on Friday specifically concerns a ban in the Riviera town of Villeneuve-Loubet, but the binding decision is expected to set a legal precedent for all the 30 or so French resort municipalities that have issued similar decrees. …
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