What is your stance on burkinis or headscarves on French (or American) beaches (or streets)? [View all]

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Last edited Fri Aug 26, 2016, 10:48 AM - Edit history (1)

French police make woman remove clothing on Nice beach following burkini ban

Authorities in 15 towns have banned burkinis, citing public concern following recent terrorist attacks in the country
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The images of police confronting the woman in Nice on Tuesday show at least four police officers standing over a woman who was resting on the shore at the town’s Promenade des Anglais, the scene of last month’s Bastille Day lorry attack.
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The photographs emerged as a mother of two also told on Tuesday how she had been fined on the beach in nearby Cannes wearing leggings, a tunic and a headscarf.

Her ticket, seen by French news agency AFP, read that she was not wearing “an outfit respecting good morals and secularism”.
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Last week, Nice became the latest French resort to ban the burkini. Using language similar to the bans imposed earlier at other locations, the city barred clothing that “overtly manifests adherence to a religion at a time when France and places of worship are the target of terrorist attacks”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/24/french-police-make-woman-remove-burkini-on-nice-beach?CMP=fb_gu

Taking the temperature of DU opinion, which seems surprisingly pro-ban, to me. Feel free to suggest something for the couple of free slots on the poll, and I'll add them if they make sense. Or explain why 2 or more choices make a lot of sense to you.

On Edit: France's top court has suspended the town laws - thanks, closeupready (see #157)

88 votes, 6 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	A headscarf is a symbol of oppression when worn anywhere and should be banned in the USA as well as France
	4 (5%)
	France has a tradition of secularism, so is right to ban dress on beaches that identifies the wearer's religion
	11 (13%)
	The problem is men's attitudes, so Muslim women must be forced to show more skin and hair to fight the sexism
	0 (0%)
	If the woman wearing a headscarf is accompanied by a man, he should be fined, but not a lone woman
	1 (1%)
	Wearing a burkini is extremist Islamism, but this isn't the best way to fight it
	0 (0%)
	Burkinis are ridiculous, mostly worn under duress, but you shouldn't ban them on beaches
	5 (6%)
	Burkinis are ridiculous, but so is much of fashion, and you can't legislate for taste
	3 (3%)
	Burkinis are no different from other choices of beach attire
	64 (73%)
	6 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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