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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. In France, a number of mayors in beach towns ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since the announcement of an ordinance banning the wearing of burkinis on the beaches of the French Mediterranean city of Cannes in late July, France has been swept up in a new wave of Islamophobia. A ...

CANNES, France – 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 ...

Once upon a time, a scantily clad lass padding down a beach might cause a riot - at least of eyeballs eager to extend a sidelong glance. Today, it’s the fully clothed woman who overheats passions in ...

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, ...

Once upon a time, a scantily clad lass padding down a beach might cause a riot -- at least of eyeballs eager to extend the sidelong glance. Today, it's the fully clothed woman who overheats the ...