The burkini may have been designed with Muslim women in mind, but its inventor said they are hardly the only group interested in the modest swimwear. “Over 40 percent of our sales are from non-Muslim ...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - In Israel, where it is fair to say Muslims and Jews do not always agree, there is shared confusion and surprise at events across the Mediterranean: the push by French mayors to ...

Muslim women who want to swim but also look modest have developed a swimsuit that covers their entire body. It has been dubbed a “burkini.” Last month, the mayor of Cannes, the French Riviera town, ...

PARIS (AP) — The French resort of Cannes has banned full-body, head-covering swimsuits from its beaches, citing security reasons — a measure some are decrying as a discriminatory anti-Muslim move that ...

A top French court is expected to announce Friday if the bans are legal. — -- France's highest administrative court is expected to announce Friday if it is legal for local communities to ban ...

Coastal towns in France have banned the so-called “burkini." — LONDON -- Germany’s interior minister is one of the latest European politicians to get involved in the debate about the burka, a ...

And a hijab, too. She wanted to be true to her Muslim values as she competed in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant. The other contestants in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant wore revealing swimsuits. She ...

Once upon a time, a scantily clad lass padding down a beach might cause a riot — at least of eyeballs eager to extend the sidelong glance. Today, it’s the fully clothed woman who overheats the ...

A Muslim woman has become the first to compete in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant while fully clothed. Halima Aden made the semifinals of the competition over the weekend while wearing a hijab. She ...