Nearly two out of three people in France oppose the burkini while just over one person in 20 approves of the controversial garment according to a new poll. Overall, 64 per cent of people in France disapprove of the full
An event touted as a “Burkini Pool Party” in France has been cancelled after organisers claimed to have received threats including bullets that were mailed to them.
A women’s association in the city of Marseille, which has a large Muslim population, has caused outrage in secular France with its plans to rent a swimming pool for a day only for women, and saying they must be covered up chest to knees.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said that he is considering a ban on the foreign financing of mosques, and said that France needs a “new model” for its relationship with Islam.
