Before Wendy bought her first burkini this summer, the 22-year-old French Muslim convert would dress up in leggings, a tennis skirt and a T-shirt to enjoy days at the beach. "I usually wear a normal ...

France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez rejected on Sunday a new proposal that would ban girls under 18 from wearing the ...

So you be the judge. Is it about hygiene, dress code or religious politics? As reported by the London Times: France's struggle with Islamic dress has moved into the swimming pool after a 35-year-old ...

In Israel, where it is fair to say Muslims and Jews do not always agree, there is shared confusion and surprise at events across the Mediterranean: the push by French mayors to ban full-body swimsuits ...

Sales of the covered-up styles spike, thanks to skin-cancer survivors. By Sam Reed France’s recent burkini ban has triggered an international debate that reaches far beyond the beaches of Nice, Cannes ...

The debate is now so heated in France that one could be forgiven for assuming that the burkini - the full-body bathing suit worn by some Muslim women - had invaded French beaches.Five towns have ...

The burkini may have been designed with Muslim women in mind, but its inventor said they are hardly the only group interested in the modest swimwear. “Over 40 percent of our sales are from non-Muslim ...

Between a burkini featured in this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and the New Haven mosque set ablaze last month, Muslims in the United States occupy a particularly demanding moment in ...

For some Muslim women in France, it’s all but impossible to swim in a public pool and stay true to their beliefs. Many stay covered as part of their faith with garments such as hijabs, which cover the ...

The debate over the so-called “burkini” in Europe has taken a sharp twist in the United States, emboldening those who support wearing the burkini not only as a matter of human rights but also as a ...