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The mayor of a French town intends to prohibit a “burqini” party organized by a local Muslim organization, telling the newspaper Le Parisien he was “shocked and angry” by the “provocation.”
The party is set for September 17th at the Speed Water Park near Marseille, and is “exclusively for women, girls, and boys under 10,” with female attendants urged to wear burqinis – Muslim swimsuits that cover women from head to feet – because there will be male guards at the event.
“We expect you to respect the AWRA (the body parts that must be covered according to Islamic law) and not wear a two-piece swim suit since the body must be covered from the chest to the knees,” reads the message on the event poster.
“The pool park has allowed bathers to wear burqinis and jilbab de bains as way of exception,” it added.