France’s Top Administrate Court Bans Burkini In Swimming Pools
On Tuesday, France’s highest administrative court upheld a ban on the burkini under a new “secularism framework”.
It prohibits women from wearing the full-length swimwear in public pools.
The Council of State confirmed the suspension of the internal regulations of the swimming pools passed in May by the city of Grenoble.
The city had authorized the wearing of the burkini, worn by some Muslim women to cover the body.
Grenoble was the second French city after Renne to allow the burkini in public pools.
The council’s judge ruled the change in pool regulations was made “to satisfy a religious claim.”
The judge said “targeted adaptation of the public service” rules strongly deviated from the common rule.
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