https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Just under two thirds of French people (64 percent) are against the burqini being worn on beaches, a survey published on Thursday revealed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160825/majority-in-france-against-burqinis-on-beaches Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:10:24 +0200 majority-in-france-against-burqinis-on-beaches France's highest administrative court will on Thursday examine a request to scrap a ban on the Islamic burqini swimsuit which has sparked a furore in the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160825/frances-burqini-burkini-ban-top-administrative-court Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:53:12 +0200 frances-burqini-burkini-ban-top-administrative-court The head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) will meet Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Wednesday to discuss the burqini bans at the centre of a bitter row over Muslim integration. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160824/french-muslim-body-to-discuss-burqini-ban-with-government Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:10:19 +0200 french-muslim-body-to-discuss-burqini-ban-with-government A French administrative tribunal on Monday upheld a burqini ban decided by a Riviera resort which was one of a growing number of towns to outlaw the body-concealing Islamic swimsuit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160823/tribunal-confirms-burqini-burkini-nice-villeneuve-ban-as-necessary Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:43:26 +0200 tribunal-confirms-burqini-burkini-nice-villeneuve-ban-as-necessary France is at "war" with terrorism, but not religion, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday as police cornered two suspected Islamist gunmen near Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150109/france-at-war-with-terrorism-not-religion-valls Fri, 09 Jan 2015 12:46:00 +0100 france-at-war-with-terrorism-not-religion-valls