A witness to the scene, Mathilde Cousin, confirmed the incident. “The saddest thing was that people were shouting ‘go home’, some were applauding the police,” she said. “Her daughter was crying.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/24/french-police-make-woman-remove-burkini-on-nice-beach
[size=x-small][font=Verdana, sans-serif]Naaz Modan, posting at the [font=Verdana, sans-serif]website Muslim Girl[/font], attributes [font=Verdana, sans-serif]the ban to a history of Islamophobia in France[/font]. She contests the mayor of Cannes’ idea that the burkini is a symbol of “extremist Islamism, not the Muslim religion.” [font=Verdana, sans-serif]Modan writes[/font]:[/font][/size]
[size=x-small][font=Georgia,][font=Georgia,]However, it seems that the ban has more to do with underlying Islamophobia than it does with public safety. Not only is the burkini unaffiliated with Islamic extremism, but the ordinance also states, “Access to beaches and for swimming is banned to anyone who does not have [bathing apparel] which respects good customs and secularism,” suggesting that Lisnard and his supporters believe wearing the a modest headscarf instead of a pseudo underwear and bra is disrespectful to the country’s moral and secular foundation.[/font][/font][/size]
https://fitisafeministissue.com/2016/08/25/the-burkini-is-it-even-complicated-kind-of-but-not-really/
He said parliament could still pass a law banning the burkini, which a poll suggested would be backed by two-thirds of French people.
Florian Philippot, deputy leader of the far-Right Front National, accused Mr Sarkozy of “poaching ideas from the FN to dupe our voters into backing him”.
Support for the bans is not confined to the Right.
The Socialist prime minister, Manuel Valls, has described the burkini as a “symbol of the enslavement of women” unacceptable under France’s secular constitution.
"Denouncing the burkini is not jeopardising an individual freedom. There is no freedom that locks up women! It's denouncing a deadly, backward Islam," he wrote on his Facebook page on Friday.
However, opponents of the bans, who include the Moroccan-born education minister, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, have argued that they only served to fuel a racist political agenda as the election campaign kicks off.
The court’s decision was welcomed by the French Muslim Council, which described it as a “victory for the law and wisdom … that should make it possible to reduce tension”.
Feiza Ben Mohamed of a Muslim group based in Nice said it “gives Muslim women back their dignity”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/26/burkini-ban-ruled-illegal-in-france---prompting-right-wing-backl/
