Islamic-style bathing suits give religiously observant Turks the freedom to enjoy the country’s beaches “just like any other citizen,” she said. Advertisement ...

Sisco, a village on the French island of Corsica, became the third municipality in France to ban burqinis, a full-body Islamic swimsuit. Village mayor Ange-Pierre Vivoni’s announcement follows ...

The piece below is an op-ed from Melanie Elturk, the CEO of Haute Hijab, an online retailer for modest fashion. In March, Marks & Spencer announced they will begin selling the burkini, or Islamic ...

Yes, the burkini—a portmanteau for burqa, a robe-like garment popular with some Muslim women, and bikini, a two-piece bathing suit that made its debut 70 years ago at the fashionable Parisian ...

Islamic swimsuit had already disturbed public order”. Speaking in court yesterday she said: “According to the State Council’s ruling, a burkini ban like the one in Nice can be maintained if ...

The "burkini" -- a full-body swimsuit favored by some Muslim women that resembles a wetsuit worn by divers or surfers -- has become a political and cultural trigger point in France.

Signs that Syria is taking a more Islamist direction raise warning signs for liberal and more secular Syrians and for Western ...

T he designer of the burkini said she has seen an increase in sales since several French towns banned women from wearing the Islamic swimwear.. Australian-Lebanese Aheda Zanetti, 48, who resides ...

The city of Grenoble's move to allow the full body-covering swimsuit for Islamic women has sparked a legal battle. Activists say it's a matter of civil — and women's — rights.

As the local expert on Islam, of course, the local mayor Alain Kelyor sagely reminded the giddy Muslim women who have only been doing Islam for decades that the burqini was not “an Islamic swimsuit.” ...

Australian model Mecca Laalaa wears an Islamic swimsuit known as a "Burqini" by Muslim fashion designer Aheda Zanetti at the Islamic Sport & Swimwear shop in Sydney, Jan. 12, 2007.

The runaway success this season at the Sports Mall in the wealthy Cairo neighbourhood of Nasr City is the ultra-modest "Sharia swimsuit".