The burkini may have been designed with Muslim women in mind, but its inventor said they are hardly the only group interested in the modest swimwear. “Over 40 percent of our sales are from non-Muslim ...

The debate over the so-called “burkini” in Europe has taken a sharp twist in the United States, emboldening those who support wearing the burkini not only as a matter of human rights but also as a ...

Editors note: This blog will be one of three that will appear over the next few months on the subject of laïcité (French secularism). This summer, more than thirty French towns issued bans prohibiting ...

Muslim women who want to swim but also look modest have developed a swimsuit that covers their entire body. It has been dubbed a “burkini.” Last month, the mayor of Cannes, the French Riviera town, ...

On the east coast of Africa lies the Zanzibar archipelago, where the locals greet you warmly with “Hakuna Matata,” the Swahili word for “no worries.” It’s a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania that ...

PARIS (Reuters) - The French government has defended municipal bans on body-covering Muslim burkini swimwear but called on mayors to try and cool tensions between communities. Three Mediterranean ...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - In Israel, where it is fair to say Muslims and Jews do not always agree, there is shared confusion and surprise at events across the Mediterranean: the push by French mayors to ...

PARIS (AP) — The French resort of Cannes has banned full-body, head-covering swimsuits from its beaches, citing security reasons — a measure some are decrying as a discriminatory anti-Muslim move that ...

PARIS (AP) — While worn by only a small number of primarily Muslim women in France, the burkini draws intense political debate in the country. PARIS (AP) — France’s top administrative court ruled ...

*Women from Smile 13, a Muslim Association based in Marseille, France, are causing quite a stir because they want to host a private gender-specific event in Les Pennes-Mirabeau and have rented out the ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — A Muslim woman has become the first to compete in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant while fully clothed. Halima Aden made the semifinals of the competition over the weekend while ...