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The Burkini Trap

25 August 2016

EFD Senior Fellow Dr. Valentina Colombo writes for the Italian magazine Grazia on the controversial decision of the French authorities to ban 'burkinis', the full bathing suit Muslim women wear on the beach if they want to cover their bodies.

Is it a way of denying women the freedom to chose what they can or can't wear, or is it a form of complacency with those who wish to limit women's freedom?

This article is in Italian and can be read here.