A French court on Friday suspended a ban on women wearing full-body "burkini" swimsuits on a Mediterranean town's beach but the prime minister said the debate was not over, calling the outfit a symbol of a "backwards, deadly Islamism". The burkinis did not pose any threat to public order, said the council, which is France's highest administrative court. Many conservatives and right-wing French supported the burkini ban, with some calling for it to be extended nationwide, while civil liberties campaigners, feminists and Muslims opposed it. "The Council of State ruling does not close the debate on the burkini," Valls said on Facebook. Protesters demonstrate against France's ban of the burkini, outside the French Embassy in London, Britain August 25, 2016.

Source: Thanhnien News August 27, 2016 04:41 UTC