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<h2>From the blog of James Edwards.</font></h2>http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org...ols-imposing-muslim-dress-codes-for-swimmers/
<h2>British swimming pools imposing Muslim dress codes for swimmers</h2>
Category: Diversity Is Our Greatest Strength, Immigration, Muslims
If you want to swim at certain times in public pools in some parts of the UK, you've got to wear a "burkini"Â, so Muslims won't be offended:
<blockquote>
Under the rules, swimmers â€" including non-Muslims â€" are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire.
Instead they are told that they must comply with the "modest"Â code of
dress required by Islamic custom, with women covered from the neck to
the ankles and men, who swim separately, covered from the navel to the
knees.
The phenomenon runs counter to developments in France, where last
week a woman was evicted from a public pool for wearing a burkini â€" the
headscarf, tunic and trouser outfit which allows Muslim women to
preserve their modesty in the water.
The 35-year-old, named only as Carole, is threatening legal action
after she was told by pool officials in Emerainville, east of Paris,
that she could not wear the outfit on hygiene grounds.
But across the UK municipal pools are holding swimming sessions
specifically aimed at Muslims, in some case imposing strict dress codes.
Croydon council in south London runs separate one-and-a half-hour
swimming sessions for Muslim men and women every Saturday and Sunday at
Thornton Heath Leisure Centre.
Swimmers were told last week on the centre's website that "during
special Muslim sessions male costumes must cover the body from the
navel to the knee and females must be covered from the neck to the
ankles and wrists"Â.
There are similar rules at Sc**thorpe Leisure Centre, in North
Lincolnshire, where "users must follow the required dress code for this
session (T-shirts and shorts/leggings that cover below the knee)"Â.
In Glasgow, a men-only swimming session is organised by a local
mosque group at North Woodside Leisure Centre, at which swimmers must
be covered from navel to knee.
At a women-only class organised by a Muslim teacher at Blackbird
Leys Swimming Pool, Oxford, to encourage Muslim women to learn to swim,
most participants wear "modest"Â outfits although normal costumes are
permitted.
The dress codes have provoked an angry reaction among critics who
say they encourage division and resentment between Muslims and
non-Muslims, putting strain on social cohesion.
Ian Cawsey, the Labour MP for the North Lincolnshire constituency of
Brigg and Goole, said: "Of course swimming pools have basic codes of
dress but it should not go beyond that.
"I don't think that in a local authority pool I should have to wear
a particular type of clothes for the benefit of someone else. That's
not integration or cohesion."Â</blockquote>
<h2>British swimming pools imposing Muslim dress codes for swimmers</h2>
Category: Diversity Is Our Greatest Strength, Immigration, Muslims
If you want to swim at certain times in public pools in some parts of the UK, you've got to wear a "burkini"Â, so Muslims won't be offended:
<blockquote>
Under the rules, swimmers â€" including non-Muslims â€" are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire.
Instead they are told that they must comply with the "modest"Â code of
dress required by Islamic custom, with women covered from the neck to
the ankles and men, who swim separately, covered from the navel to the
knees.
The phenomenon runs counter to developments in France, where last
week a woman was evicted from a public pool for wearing a burkini â€" the
headscarf, tunic and trouser outfit which allows Muslim women to
preserve their modesty in the water.
The 35-year-old, named only as Carole, is threatening legal action
after she was told by pool officials in Emerainville, east of Paris,
that she could not wear the outfit on hygiene grounds.
But across the UK municipal pools are holding swimming sessions
specifically aimed at Muslims, in some case imposing strict dress codes.
Croydon council in south London runs separate one-and-a half-hour
swimming sessions for Muslim men and women every Saturday and Sunday at
Thornton Heath Leisure Centre.
Swimmers were told last week on the centre's website that "during
special Muslim sessions male costumes must cover the body from the
navel to the knee and females must be covered from the neck to the
ankles and wrists"Â.
There are similar rules at Sc**thorpe Leisure Centre, in North
Lincolnshire, where "users must follow the required dress code for this
session (T-shirts and shorts/leggings that cover below the knee)"Â.
In Glasgow, a men-only swimming session is organised by a local
mosque group at North Woodside Leisure Centre, at which swimmers must
be covered from navel to knee.
At a women-only class organised by a Muslim teacher at Blackbird
Leys Swimming Pool, Oxford, to encourage Muslim women to learn to swim,
most participants wear "modest"Â outfits although normal costumes are
permitted.
The dress codes have provoked an angry reaction among critics who
say they encourage division and resentment between Muslims and
non-Muslims, putting strain on social cohesion.
Ian Cawsey, the Labour MP for the North Lincolnshire constituency of
Brigg and Goole, said: "Of course swimming pools have basic codes of
dress but it should not go beyond that.
"I don't think that in a local authority pool I should have to wear
a particular type of clothes for the benefit of someone else. That's
not integration or cohesion."Â</blockquote>
