Top Judge Overturns France's Burkini Ban!

[ladybirder]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3759938/France-s-administrative-court-overturns-burkini-ban.html

Wow!

[dannyk13]

Reason has prevailed.

[Mamyalynne]

Now the Police can devote their time to the bigger issue, good move.

[andy-hughes]

Now things get interesting on here!

[jim360]

Good.

[ladybirder]

Sorry wasn't a top judge - no idea where I got that from.

I bet the beaches will be filled with burkina clad women now making a point.

[ladybirder]

'Good' to things getting interesting Jim? Good!

[jim360]

No, good to the ban being overturned.

[jno]

the sight of police forcing women to remove clothing in public wasn't exactly pretty. (I suspect their forefathers went round beaches ordering women to cover up.)

[Jackdaw33]

In that case why has the burka ban not been overruled?

[Bazile]

Was the judge a muslim ?

[jno]

undoubtedly a sharia judge, Bazile.

[andy-hughes]

jno - //undoubtedly a sharia judge, Bazile. //

Based on what?

[ChillDoubt]

the sight of police forcing women to remove clothing in public wasn't exactly pretty
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But they didn't, did they? She chose to stay on the beach, nobody forced her to. In order to remain there she needed to dress according to local rules, so she did so of her own free will, just as she had every right to leave and remain dressed as she was.

[Jackdaw33]

A-H, do you have exactly NO sense of humour?

[Islay]

Well there is some sense in the world then!!

[naomi24]

jno,// the sight of police forcing women to remove clothing in public wasn't exactly pretty.//

The incident involved one woman who must have decided to comply with the police request otherwise she could have walked off the beach dressed as she was– and the incident is disputed now anyway.

The French Court should have upheld the ban on clothing that is distinctly Islamic.

[Lie-in King]

The OP - good news.

[Mamyalynne]

I imagine the Police officers will be heartily relieved too, they can get on with proper policing.

It was poor law, of course France is hurting and very deeply too - but this wasn't the solution or even part of it.

[mccfluff]

about time sense prevailed.

no-one should be forced to wear or not wear something