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GERMANY - MUSLIM GIRL SHOULD GO TO
SCHOOL MIXED-SEX SWIM LESSONS - COURT
Some Muslim schoolgirls use the "burkini" to
take part in swimming lessons
A court in
Her parents had insisted that the girl,
13, not take part in swimming lessons at her school in
Some Muslim parents say that such
lessons run contrary to Islamic principles of modesty.
However, the judge in the case said the
girl could wear an all-over swimming garment sometimes dubbed a
"burkini" in order to accommodate her beliefs.
Some Muslim girls already wear the
garment to take part in lessons.
However, others reject that solution,
saying that the garment is clumsy but also that it is unacceptable for Muslim
girls to be in close proximity to boys clad only in swimming trunks, the BBC's
Stephen Evans reports from
The judges in
The judges went on to point out that
such "habits" were widespread in
The lawyer for the girl's family had
said that there was already segregation of gym lessons in some Catholic areas.
There are also some secular gyms in
The family who brought the case in
question are from