Two swimming pools in the French city of Grenoble have been closed after Muslim women defied the burkini ban, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported Wednesday. On Sunday, a group of Muslim and non-Muslim women defied a burkini ban at their local swimming pool in the southeastern city of Grenoble, bathing in suits covering their entire …

Inspired by US rights activist Rosa Parks, a group of French Muslim women have defied a burkini ban at their local swimming pool in the southeastern city of Grenoble, bathing in suits covering their entire bodies. Speaking to the BBC, two of the Muslim women involved in the protest, Hassiba and Latifa, said they should …

The mayor of Hungarian town of Ásotthalom on the Serbian border has slashed a ban on all Islamic aspects of life, including mosques, muezzins and Islamic clothes such as niqab and burkini, a move widely criticized by the country’s Muslim community.

The leader of France’s far-right National Front, Marine Le Pen, promised a crackdown on burkini and a ‘Frexit’ referendum to leave the European Union, as she launched her bid to be President on Saturday.

At a time when we can communicate better and faster, there is a disturbing trend of shallow empty words, real-life anomalies, mirroring the narcissism displayed by so much of what we see across social media. It is not to say that the selfie generation is in any way connected to oppression of the other, as here the damage is often to one’s self (anxiety, depression, etc).