#  Court Overturns ‘Burkini’ Ban in French Town - The New York Times 

 





August 27, 2016

 

 

> PARIS — France’s highest administrative court on Friday overturned a town’s ban on burkinis, the full-body swimwear used by some Muslim women, setting a precedent that challenges similar bans in at least 30 other municipalities, most of them on the French Riviera.

Source: *[Court Overturns ‘Burkini’ Ban in French Town - The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/world/europe/france-burkini-ban.html)*



 

 

 



 

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