To many Middle Eastern women, the burkini is an elegant compromise between faith and freedom. But to others, it’s a social ...

Muslim women wear the burkini for public bathing in Chechnya, where a secret dress code for women has been in force for many years, obliging them to cover their heads and open areas of the body.

The sight of burkini-wearing women getting kicked off French beaches by police became a point for immense controversy over the European summer. That incident followed a ban on the swimming garment ...

Armed police officers forced a woman at a Nice beach to remove some of her clothing as part of the French city’s controversial ban on the burkini. CNN values your feedback 1.

Burkini-clad woman forced to disrobe on French beach. When she has worn her burkini in New Jersey, she has gotten “curious or confused glances,” she said, but has never faced overt discrimination.

A video recently went viral of a woman on Egypt's north coast being verbally harassed for wearing a burkini in a swimming pool. And burkinis on beaches have been sensationally banned in other ...

A woman wears a burkini in Sydney, January 13, 2007. A court on the French island of Corsica has ruled to uphold a ban on the burkini. Tim Wimborne/Reuters ...

The decree has sparked concern that Syria’s new government could be veering toward a more strict Islamist governance system.

Two Burkini-wearing British tourists have been left in tears after an alleged verbal attack by two hotel guests. The two Muslim women from London, aged 25 and 19, were reportedly verbally harassed ...

The Syrian Tourism Ministry on Tuesday said women should wear burkinis or "appropriate" swimsuits at public beaches. "People are asked to wear conservative swimsuits at public beaches and shores ...

Armed police officers forced a woman at a Nice beach to remove some of her clothing as part of the French city’s controversial ban on the burkini. CNN values your feedback 1.