Court rejects Muslims' demand to lift full-body swimwear ban
A French court has rejected a demand by a group of French Muslims in Cannes to overturn a ban on full-body, head-covering swimwear on city beaches. A lawyer for the Collective Against Islamophobia in France said after the decision Saturday by a court in nearby Nice that he would lodge an appeal with the Council of State, the highest administrative body in France. Sefen Guez Guez said by telephone the decision was made by a judge without a debate.