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TWO WOMAN BATHE FULL-CLOTHED, LIFEGUARD MAKES THEM LEAVE (Muslims Demand Segregated Swimming Pools)
AGI ^ | Sept. 8, 2004

Posted on 09/08/2004 6:00:17 PM PDT by Alouette

ISLAM: TWO WOMAN BATHE FULL-CLOTHED,LIFEGUARD MAKES THEM LEAVE

(AGI) - Bolzano, Italy, 7 September - Two Muslim women went into a swimming pool fully clothed - wearing a tunic and the veil as their religion demands - to accompany their children as they were bathing. Other swimmers protested to the lifeguard who immediately asked them to get out of the water. This took place at the Lido di Bolzano.

The Council has spoken about 'respect for the rules' and 'health reasons'. The leaders of the Muslim community in Bolzano understand the ban on swimming in a chador, but at the same time have asked for women only pools as there are in Muslim countries.

The two women, accompanied to Bolzano's lido by their children and a man, after having taken the sun while dressed, wanted to refresh themselves. They approached the pool, to follow their children, entered the water and then faced the 'revolt' of a large number of bathers.

"Things like that should no longer happen. There is a rule. One cannot get into the pool while clothed, but only in a swimming costume - argued Giustina Marinucci, Bolzano Council's director of sport. "I respect the Muslim religion, but they need to adapt, as we do when we enter their mosques. There are hygienic reasons for the ban on entering a pool while dressed."

Aboulkheir Breigheche, the head of the Muslim community said: "In Italy it may be necessary to create pools just for men and just for women. They are free not to respect Islam, but the religion permits bathing just in costume only if there are just women present." (AGI)


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islam; italy; muslimwomen
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To: Alouette

sure, it starts off this way --

first they want headscarves...then they want loudspeakers broadcasting prayers...then they want pools...they want this...they want that...next they want their own country and they will fight (women and children) to get it.

When will people understand that Islam is not compatible with civilized society?


41 posted on 09/08/2004 7:00:12 PM PDT by New Girl
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To: Alouette; Howlin; Timesink; Mr. Silverback; Utah Girl; Happy2BMe; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; ...

TWO WOMAN BATHE FULL-CLOTHED, LIFEGUARD MAKES THEM LEAVE (Muslims Demand Segregated Swimming Pools)


Muslims bathe ? Im set aback by this statement i was under the impression that they werent allowed to bathe clothes on or off.

And if they do why dont they bathe in a Bathtub ? swimming pools are made for swimming ! not Bathing


42 posted on 09/08/2004 7:06:00 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (Want to know why I don't vote Democrat?" http://www.museumofleftwinglunacy.com)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Now we know how dinosaurs perished. They must have become the equivilant of today's democrats, who, most of all, were willing to sacrifice their longtime liberty for short time power.
43 posted on 09/08/2004 7:08:02 PM PDT by billhilly (If you're lurking here from DU (Democrats unglued), I trust this post will make you sick)
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To: Alouette
"Ultra-Orthodox Jews do not allow swimming of men and women together. Their solution was to create private swimming clubs with separate days for men and women."

I never knew that. . .and I never thought about it either.

As for the socialism's effect on the brain, we know, 'serf's are not supposed to think!. . .

The goal of socialism is communism. V.I. Lenin

44 posted on 09/08/2004 7:13:46 PM PDT by cricket (Don't Lose Your Head. . .Vote Republican)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK; dennisw; SJackson; MeekOneGOP; TrueBeliever9; Geist Krieger; JohnHuang2; Salem; ...
Onward Muslim Soldiers - ping.

We can soon expect such demands from the "messengers of peace" here in the United States. Sooner if Kerry is elected, later regardless of who is elected.

Just yesterday in Canada, our neighbors up north passed laws giving Islamic imams immediate authority over Muslim women - (yes, authortiy) which PREEMPTS CANADIAN LAW in matters regarding Islamic customs.

(Also in Canada, it is against the law for a minister to preach against homosexuality from the pulpit.)

45 posted on 09/08/2004 7:19:20 PM PDT by Happy2BMe (Jihad - coming to a school near you - 55 days until November 2nd - 9/11 is this Saturday.)
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To: Alouette

" to accompany their children as they were bathing."

BATHING ? Is this just a definition thing with Italians?

My goodness... Women fully clothed, children bathing, no wonder they were kicked out of the pool.


46 posted on 09/08/2004 7:27:56 PM PDT by Peace will be here soon (Congrats Springboks ! 2004 Tri-Nation champs.)
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
But can she do a Triple Lindy in her burkha?

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

47 posted on 09/08/2004 7:29:44 PM PDT by mhking
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To: Alouette

Close the commons.


48 posted on 09/08/2004 7:32:16 PM PDT by Old Professer (The enemy is among us; he is us; we know it, we dare not say it - someone will be offended.)
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To: Happy2BMe

They actually did it, then. Sh*t. Those poor women.
And I understand that there is now 5x daily muezzin calling in Hamtramck,(sp) Michigan. Da*n.


49 posted on 09/08/2004 7:33:01 PM PDT by Norski
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To: Alouette

Aboulkheir Breigheche

It'd be nice to "accidentally" stumble across this gentleman's e-mail address.

And by "gentleman," I mean "jerk who needs to be reminded of the freedom of property rights."

50 posted on 09/08/2004 7:34:56 PM PDT by detsaoT (insert hot-button issue here.)
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To: Alouette
sorry. it took me a second to get beyond "a swimming costume".
51 posted on 09/08/2004 7:35:11 PM PDT by smonk
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To: kezekiel

You have a great idea and I wish we would implement in the USA.


52 posted on 09/08/2004 7:36:40 PM PDT by No Surrender No Retreat (These Colors Never Run( 7.62) "See Ya"ll At The VA Clinic" "Xin Loi My Boy")
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To: Gorzaloon
The truth is better. Sometimes you just can't make this stuff up.

Ask The Imam
53 posted on 09/08/2004 7:40:18 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (The theory of evolution is just that - a theory.)
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To: Alouette

"but at the same time have asked for women only pools as there are in Muslim countries"

I suggest returning to those countries or building your own pools within your mosques..


54 posted on 09/08/2004 7:41:55 PM PDT by ebersole
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To: Happy2BMe

If the whole country was aware of things like this and how the liberal dems cater to them, we would have a lot more votes for Bush.

Is the barracks door closed, LOL??


55 posted on 09/08/2004 7:42:22 PM PDT by potlatch (Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.)
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To: Norski; detsaoT; reagan_fanatic
If you are female, here's what Allah has planned for you . .

The "Religion of Peace"

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Islams Hatred Of The Clitoris

Rape In Islam - Blame The Victim

How Hamas Turned Adultress Into Jihad Bomber

Hamas - "Women Who Shame Family Can Become Jihad Bombers

Clinton: Muhammad Would Have Let Ladies Drive

Supporting Jihad In America - Why Does Bush Allow This?

Jihad In America

Forced Female Suicide

56 posted on 09/08/2004 7:42:57 PM PDT by Happy2BMe (Jihad - coming to a school near you - 55 days until November 2nd - 9/11 is this Saturday.)
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To: detsaoT
If I haven't mangled my google translations too much, I think that Senor Breigheche is a prominent leader in the group Unione delle Comunità ed Organizzazioni Islamiche in Italia (UCOII - Union of Muslim Communities and Organizations in Italy).

I got to this group via this page, which came from this query.

To make a long story even longer, I think you can definitely e-mail the webmaster (wmaster_ucoii@hotmail.com), but I'm not sure he knows much of anything. Any Freepers out there speak Italiano that can hunt through the top website for our new "buddy?"

57 posted on 09/08/2004 7:43:41 PM PDT by detsaoT (insert hot-button issue here.)
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To: smonk
sorry. it took me a second to get beyond "a swimming costume".


58 posted on 09/08/2004 7:45:07 PM PDT by Alouette (Pray for the Children of Russia, Israel and the USA)
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To: Old Professer

Open the fire hoses!


59 posted on 09/08/2004 7:46:50 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Truth goes through three stages, ridiculed, violently opposed, then accepted as self-evident)
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To: Alouette

60 posted on 09/08/2004 7:49:05 PM PDT by BJungNan (Stop Spam - Do NOT buy from junk email.)
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