For some Muslim women in France, it's all but impossible to swim in a public pool and stay true to their beliefs. Many stay covered as part of their faith with garments such as hijabs, which cover the ...

PARIS – A Muslim woman garbed in a head-to-toe swimsuit – dubbed a “burquini” – may have opened a new chapter in France’s tussle between religious practices and its stern secular code. Officials ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The biggest swimming pool in Russia's Muslim-majority North Caucasus region has banned women, prompting anger from rights activists and others who have accused the sports complex of ...

When Sabah Ali took her family to the Commerce City Recreation Center to swim Sunday afternoon, her clothing conformed to her religious beliefs, but not pool rules. "Why do I have to be half naked to ...

PARIS – A Muslim woman who tried to go swimming in a head-to-toe "burquini" has been banned from her local pool in the latest tussle between religious practices and secular authority in France.

PARIS — A Muslim woman garbed in a head-to-toe swimsuit — dubbed a "burquini" — may have opened a new chapter in France’s tussle between religious practices and its stern secular code. Officials ...

*Women from Smile 13, a Muslim Association based in Marseille, France, are causing quite a stir because they want to host a private gender-specific event in Les Pennes-Mirabeau and have rented out the ...

A municipal swimming pool in Delaware is under scrutiny after Muslim children were asked to stay out of the water because of their clothing. Tahsiyn Ismaa’eel runs a summer Arabic enrichment program ...

When Sabah Ali took her family to the Commerce City Recreation Center in Colorado to swim Sunday afternoon, her clothing conformed to her religious beliefs, but not pool rules. "Why do I have to be ...