The controversial decision by
some French towns to ban the full-length Islamic swimming attire
known as a burkini has gained the support of some Italian
right-wing politicians, while Florence's imam posted a photo
online of Roman Catholic nuns wearing their habits on an Italian
beach.
Italy doesn't have a burkini ban, which Interior Minister
Angelino Alfano on Thursday called a "practical matter" because
wearing a burkini doesn't violate any laws.
Alessandro Pagano, an MP with the small splinter New Centre
Right (NCD) party, on Friday tweeted: "Germany says no to the
burqa, France bans the burkini. Renzi instead sells off our
identity. Let's say no to the Islamisation of Italy".
Centre-right Forza Italia MP Daniela Santanchè wrote in a
statement: "In Germany they go from words to facts: an agreement
between regional interior ministers to put a ban on the burqa
and other Islamic veils in some sectors of public life. What do
Renzi and Alfano do? Nothing. Welcome to Italy, province of
Islam".
"Incredible how some politicians defend the burkini as
"freedom of choice". So would we also tolerate polygamy as free
choice? #craziness," tweeted another Forza Italia MP, Laura
Ravetto.
Meanwhile, Izzedin Elzir, the president of the Union of
Islamic Communities and imam of Florence, posted on his Facebook
page a photo of nuns in full habits on the beach, without any
caption.
"The burkini is the demonstration of a 'disculture' in the
West, where they think that Muslims don't follow fashion," Elzir
said.
"I'm sorry that some city administrators and politicians in
France, instead of responding to the political and economic
needs of their citizens, are concerned about how Muslim women
dress".
photo: Santanché
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