Segregated Muslim Swimming Causes Outrage In Secular France
Victoria Friedman
Smile 13, like the organisers of the Luton men’s only swimming events, invites customers to respect the “awrah” (in Islam, parts of the body that are considered not permissible to show in public ‘for modesty’) and is block ordering burkinis (Islamic swimwear that covers a woman from head to ankle) on their Facebook page.
['Smile', '13,', 'like', 'the', 'organisers', 'of', 'the', 'Luton', 'men’s', 'only', 'swimming', 'events,', 'invites', 'customers', 'to', 'respect', 'the', '“awrah”', '(in', 'Islam,', 'parts', 'of', 'the', 'body', 'that', 'are', 'considered', 'not', 'permissible', 'to', 'show', 'in', 'public', '‘for', 'modesty’)', 'and', 'is', 'block', 'ordering', 'burkinis', '(Islamic', 'swimwear', 'that', 'covers', 'a', 'woman', 'from', 'head', 'to', 'ankle)', 'on', 'their', 'Facebook', 'page.']