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I don't suppose these will be gracing the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition anytime soon, but now there is swimwear for Muslim women: the burquini!
It is the product of Australians' concerns that they might have been harboring some anti-Muslim racism, concerns that were heightened after a neo-nazi rampage of violence against Muslims. In response, the country has been carrying on an outreach program to bring Muslims into mainstream Australian life, and apparently few things are more Australian than their beach life and their Surf Life Savers, or lifeguards as we would know them.
(Source: Raymond Bonner for The New York Times)
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I don't suppose these will be gracing the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition anytime soon, but now there is swimwear for Muslim women: the burquini!
It is the product of Australians' concerns that they might have been harboring some anti-Muslim racism, concerns that were heightened after a neo-nazi rampage of violence against Muslims. In response, the country has been carrying on an outreach program to bring Muslims into mainstream Australian life, and apparently few things are more Australian than their beach life and their Surf Life Savers, or lifeguards as we would know them.
(Source: Raymond Bonner for The New York Times)
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Date: 2007-03-12 04:26 pm (UTC)From: