The Burkini Ban, Women’s Rights, & Prophet Muhammad’s Way

After intense international pressure, France’s highest court overturned the “Burkini” ban on Friday, August 26, 2016. Before the move, over a dozen French cities had banned the burkini. Most recently, armed officers forced a Muslim woman to dress down under threat of pepper spray and arrest, essentially criminalizing modesty. That this act of forced uncovering occurred in the first place—it is not the first time France and the EU have legislated a woman’s attire—is indicative of a wider global problem, namely, the systemic mistreatment of women as second-class citizens.
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