Faith, clothes, love

The French Council of France canceled the ban on wearing on the beaches of Burkini - a bathing suit for Muslims, completely covering the body in accordance with the norms of Islam. It is reported by RFI.

A group of human rights activists appealed the ban on this type of bathing suit, introduced, in particular, in the city of the city of Villeneuve-Loubet, located on the Cote d'Azur. Since the end of July, more than 30 municipalities in the south of the country have introduced a similar restriction.

“There is no information indicating that the threat to public order can be caused by clothes chosen by individuals for bathing,” the French -based administrative court decision said. “The city hall has no reason to take measures prohibiting these persons with access to the beach and swimming at sea.”

The lawyers of the Association "League for Human Rights" that protested the decision of the city hall recalled that the principle of security established by the 1905 law on the separation of the church from the state applies only to state institutions, but not to public places.

The decision of the State Council belongs to a specific resolution of the city hall Villenev-Lube. However, in other cities, similar decrees will be challenged and probably canceled on the basis of a precedent decision of the highest court.

According to human rights defenders, over the past two weeks, 16 women have been fined in the French rivier for the appearance in Burkini. Human rights activists consider these fines a violation of the rights of Muslims. It was also reported that the armed police on the beach in Nice used the “ban on Burkini” introduced by the local municipality, forcing the Muslim woman to take off part of the outerwear on the beach.

On Thursday, the mayors of London and Paris Sadik Khan and Ann Idalgo criticized the decision of several coastal cities in France to ban the body cover costumes for Muslims. Idalgo, heading the city administration of Paris, called on to put an end to "hysteria", as it put it, around Burkini.

According to the inventor of Burkini, the Australian designer Authati, the decision of the French authorities only attracted additional interest in bathing costumes, and not only from the Muslims. “On Sunday, we received 60 orders - they all came from customers who did not profess Islam,” Zanetti said, noting that from 10 to 12 orders usually arrived on Sunday. The designer notes that closed swimwear is popular among cancer patients and other swimming lovers who need reliable protection from the sun.

Meanwhile, in France, for several years has been a ban on wearing clothes that completely covering the face, including Pararange, Nikab, Hijab and Burka. According to the law, women at risk of a fine of 150 euros do not have the right to appear with a closed person in public places. They mean, in particular, streets, parks, beaches, shops, restaurants, theaters, stations, administrative and educational institutions, hospitals, museums, libraries, gyms and public transport.

In July 2014, the Great Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the French authorities did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights, banning the wearing of Muslim clothing. The court found that the authorities in this way strive to support the "social unity" of citizens. The verdict is not subject to appeal.

According to the French Ministry of Internal Affairs, the country has at least 2 thousand women wearing burns or hijab. Representatives of the Left Parties have repeatedly emphasized that the adoption of such a law is not justified by the real situation and only exacerbates relations between the Muslim community and the state.

The first in Europe in Europe, the Belgian authorities introduced the Belgian authorities in 2010.

In September 2013, residents of the Italian canton of Tichino in the south of Switzerland voted to introduce a ban on wearing burcking, burck or Nikab in public places . Thus, Tichino became the first of the 26 Swiss cantons to introduce a ban on Paransha. Earlier, attempts to draw to wearing burns at the federal level through parliament failed. In September 2009, legislators rejected such an initiative, leaving it in the competence of the cantons.