The highest court in France recently ruled that the controversial burkini ban could not be enforced, stating that doing so would violate “the freedom of beliefs and individual freedom”.

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France enforces a strict principle of “laïcité ... and bans the wearing of religious clothing, such as the burkini, in public swimming pools. “By placing the wearing of a headscarf ...

PARIS - France's highest administrative authority is studying whether local bans on full-body burkini swimsuits are legal, amid growing concerns in the country and abroad about police forcing ...

Defended by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls as a countermeasure against “a political project … to perpetuate female servitude,” the burkini ban and its enforcement have angered millions ...

If there was any doubt that French belief in freedom of expression is wholly one-sided, it has surely vanished now. After being banned in Cannes - where no women were found wearing one - the “burkini” ...