Official approval: A model shows off her burkini
Posted on 06/23/2007 10:41:11 PM PDT by Stoat
Schools have been told they should allow Muslim girls taking swimming lessons to cover themselves from head to toe in special outfits dubbed burkinis.
An increasing number of pupils are insisting that conventional swimming costumes are "immodest" and, citing religious grounds, have been refusing to wear them.
Now councillors in Ealing, West London, are encouraging local pools to stock the £29 Lycra "burkinis" and instructing local schools to let girls wear them.
Teachers have even been given details of an online swimwear company that will deliver the two-piece burka-like outfits, which cover every bit of skin from the ankle to the neck and come with a head covering to conceal the hair.
Official approval: A model shows off her burkini
The burkini is recommended in a document from Ealing council's Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education, which says it wants to encourage "success through diversity".
One of the authors of the report, Nora Leonard, said: "The guidance suggests that the pools allow these burkinis and I have spoken to the firm which runs our pools and they are all in favour of it."
About a quarter of pupils in the area are Muslim and the burkini idea was approved to prevent girls trying to cover their bodies with other, unsuitable clothing during swimming lessons.
"Schools are being encouraged to allow burkinis because of that," Ms Leonard said.
The burkini was designed by an Australian after a group of lifeguards began a drive to recruit more Islamic lifeguards, particularly women, following violent clashes in 2005 between Lebanese Muslim teenagers and white Australians on Sydney's Cronulla beach.
Ealing has also put forward a string of other proposals to help schools meet the needs of Muslim pupils, including setting aside designated "quiet" areas for prayer and honouring "a parent's written request to take their child to the mosque for part of the afternoon".
Schools are also told that it is "good practice" to "reassure parents that their children would not be asked to join in with songs that contradict Islamic belief (eg Christmas carols or hymns) or perform music that could be considered to promote lust, seduction, unrestricted mixing and consumption of drugs, alcohol or other intoxicants".
The report adds: "As a general rule, forms of dance such as ballet, jazz, tango and disco are unacceptable if performed in a mixed environment."
There have been controversial demands from the Muslim Council of Britain for Islamic schoolchildren to be given separate changing rooms for sports and swimming, single-sex classes for sex education, prayer rooms, new rights to Islamic worship and different uniform rules.
The National Association of Head Teachers has dismissed the demands as "completely undo-able".
The suggestions come at a time when the Government is trying to eliminate segregation and encourage "British" values to tackle extremism.
I’m all in favor of making these stylish burkinis in pig skin leather. Anyone else?
Agreed, and also have a report released stating that the addition of bacon grease to the chlorine in public swimming pools dramatically reduces measured bacteria and urges all pool operators to adopt this new additive in their pool hygiene regimen.
Go for it.
I wonder why the pockets are for the explosives in the burkini?? We all know the muzzies can’t have clothing without places to hide their bombs.
“Horrible! (/shudder)”
Ah, don’t sweat the small stuff. I’m more worried that they will pad the breast cups so no nipples will show when they get wet!
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There is something sexually wrong with militant muslim men. Any guy who would prefer his woman to wear a head-to-toe Ninja suit at the beach rather than a bikini has got to be sexually ambiguous and confused, at the very least.
It is doubtful that even intensive therapy could help him.
England is sooooooooo screwed.
5-4-3-2-1
I wonder which of those are violated by the old song, "Froggy Went A-Courting"
They don’t want to be distracted by meaningless things like having sex when there are infidels that need killin.
And from the look on the face of the dame dressed in blue, they might be right!!
I don’t see anything wrong with allowing students to wear “burkinis”, provide they pay for their own and do not demand that everyone else wear one.
> They don’t want to be distracted by meaningless things like having sex when there are infidels that need killin.
It would serve ‘em right if their 72 Virgins were all dressed in Burqinis, then. ‘Strewth! Who could resist? That opportunity would be enough to inspire me to blow myself to smithereens ay!/s
Thank you HAL9000,
I was wondering when someone was gonna show Kerry in his condom costume.
> They don’t want to be distracted by meaningless things like having sex when there are infidels that need killin.
OK I have tried to put myself into their context. So, I’m imagining myself seducing Tinky-Winky, with the intention of taking our liaison to the next step...
...nope. It just doesn’t work for me. Sorry!
Once again we have a religion demanding changes to accommodate their cultural norms rather than the other way around to assimilate into the culture.
Here in the US this is even more so evident at a sport that is high end and at the margins if you will, figure skating.
It is in an arena such as this you get to see the melting pot in action. Kids of diverse cultures come and excel at this sport, it truly is an example of how legal immigration works and once given freedom the desire to succeed is finally allowed to surface and that it is at the heart of all men. It is just that many cultures and political systems do not let it rise to the surface. On a sad note, of all the ice skating competitions I have attended in the mid-west in the last 5 years or so, I have only seen ONE competitor obviously of the muslim faith in fully covered outfit. If we look to the margins as a microcosm of what is occurring in regards to assimilation, from my non scientific observations, much work is yet to be done. On the flip side of that coin does this faith have to look inward and have a reformation and rethink all their rules that are an increasingly a source of friction with host countries and cultures that they are hell bent on wedging into in their image.
The burkini was designed by an Australian after a group of lifeguards began a drive to recruit more Islamic lifeguards, particularly women, following violent clashes in 2005 between Lebanese Muslim teenagers and white Australians on Sydney's Cronulla beach.
This pisses me off! Instead of appeasing these teenagers, they should have ARRESTED THEM.
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