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French court forces Grenoble to backtrack on allowing burkini in public pools

A woman wearing a burkini with friends on a beach in Marseille in 2016, the year that the first burkini bans were introduced in France, setting off a debate that continues, over fundamental freedoms, and concerns about Islamisation. © AP photo from video

A French administrative court has suspended the city of Grenoble's decision to allow people to wear burkini in public swimming pools.

The judges said a decision by the municipal council on 16 May that would allow all types of bathing suits – including topless bathing – would also allow full-body burkinis, and as such "gravely undermines the priciples of secularism and neutrality of public services".

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