This week a set of photos went viral capturing side-by-side glimpses of a burkini-clad Muslim woman surrounded by officers who then forced her to remove her burkini. The burkini is a swim-suit ...

The photos make for uncomfortable viewing, although the woman must surely have known she was flouting a widely publicized burkini ban. Since the photos were published, death threats have been made ...

“Burkini? A Wetsuit but there’s ‘burk’ in it so it’s forbidden. Undress yourself” That’s just one part of the text on a powerful illustration by an artist who goes by @LaSauvageJaune ...

Three French cities — Cannes, Villeneuve-Loubet and Sisco — banned the burkini earlier in August, which sent sales skyrocketing up 200% — and only half the customers were Muslim.

The burkini – a swimsuit that covers the whole body except for the face, hands and feet – has this summer been banned in Cannes, Villeneuve-Loubet and in Sisco on the island of Corsica.

A planned burkini-only day for Muslim women at a water park in France has been canceled by city officials after threats were sent to the event’s organizers. The scheduled event sparked outrage ...

Aheda Zanetti is the designer of the burkini. She's disappointed to learn about the burkini ban from beaches in France because she wants burkinis to be seen as a symbols of joy and fitness.

PARIS—French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Wednesday waded into a debate about swimwear, saying the head-to-foot burkini suit worn by some Muslim women is against the values of the French Republic.

Paris — France's top administrative court on Tuesday blocked a bid to allow the "burkini" at municipal pools in the city of Grenoble, upholding a government challenge against a move that revived ...