TURKEY: Reha Muhtar, a popular Turkish writer, was holidaying on Turkey's Aegean coast when he saw two young women, hair tucked under hoods, bodies cloaked in ankle-length outfits, diving off an ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Reha Muhtar, a popular Turkish writer, was vacationing on Turkey’s Aegean coast when he saw two young women, hair tucked under hoods, bodies cloaked in ankle-length outfits, diving ...

LOS ANGELES — Amana Siddiqi loved swimming as a child but gave it up as a teenager because her Muslim faith required she fully cover her body in public. "At age 15, I started to cover, so I stopped ...

Bangkok/Singapore: Aheda Zanetti says she wants Muslim women wearing Islamic-style swimwear to be a regular sight on Australian beaches — and in elite sporting contests worldwide. The Sydney ...

PARIS — A punchy jingle kicks off the promotional video of a French firm that sells Islamic women’s swimwear. Models wearing brightly colored, full-body tunic, pant and hijab combos frolic at the ...

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 23. THE following is an article submitted to SwimmingWorldMagazine.com from Julie Kimball and Tahrier Walid Sub Laban explaining the use of muslim swimwear by women at ...

Less than a year after France thought it had settled a row over Muslim swimwear, a local mayor has stirred controversy by banning the all-body "burkini" swimsuit from a new pool. Gerard Tardy, mayor ...

When MonaLesa Brackett stepped onto the Miss USA stage in her hijab and burkini, she was rewriting the assumptions placed on ...

A notorious French mayor has kicked up a storm after introducing a burkini and Muslim veil ban at a new swimming spot in his town, despite the fact the bans were ruled illegal last year. A year after ...

A Muslim woman has been kicked out a public swimming pool because she was wearing a burkini. The woman was wearing the Islamic swimwear - which covers women's bodies in full - with her children at ...