France expels visiting nuns – shuts down Dominican monastery – “conspicuous” religious outfits cited as reason

Nuns visiting Sacre Coeur, Paris

Dominican nuns at their monastery in Prouilhe, France.

France expels visiting Nuns – shuts down Dominican monastery – “conspicuous” religious outfits cited as reason?

No. That discrimination is deployed against Muslim women only.

After Burqa, Burkini row opens in France
Press TV 14 August 2009

A French Muslim woman has been banned from swimming in a Paris public pool over her covering swimsuit, a move bound to fuel tensions on Islamic dress restrictions.

The 35-year-old French national, who has converted to Islam, has decided to challenge a controversial French law which prohibits wearing headscarves or any other “conspicuous” religious outfit.

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