City council had voted to allow the body-covering swimwear worn by many Muslim women
Body-covering swimwear – which leaves only the face, hands and feet exposed – is often worn by Muslim women who wish to preserve their modesty in accordance with their beliefs.of allowing the use of burkinis on 16 May, sparking howls of protest from conservative and far-right politicians.
The city’s move was challenged by the government and a lower administrative court suspended the measure. Grenoble responded byAfter the Conseil d’Etat’s ruling, the interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said Grenoble’s act had been “definitively overruled”. It was “a victory for our ‘separatism’ law, for secularism and above all for the Republic”, Darmanin said.
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