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Thursday, 27 June 2019

France city shuts down public pools after two women wear burkinis

Grenoble authorities said shutdown was requested by lifeguards at the pool

Despite the unprecedented heatwave sweeping across western Europe, lifeguards in Grenoble have shut down the city’s two municipal swimming pools, after Muslim women went swimming in burkinis.

The women went to the pools twice, at the initiative of the Alliance Citoyenne rights group, challenging a city ban on the full-body swimwear.

Related: Why we wear the burkini: five women on dressing modestly at the beach

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from Islam | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2Nc0vJ1

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