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'Burkini' pool party in France cancelled after organisers receive death threats
A ‘burkini’ swimming pool party in France has been cancelled after the organisers received death threats, less than a week after the local mayor said he wanted to ban the event. Mayor Michel Amiel of Pennes-Mirabeau, near Marseilles, announced he had discussed the proposed party with the Speed Water Park venue with regards to the “extreme ideological positions” he believed the organisers were taking. A joint decision was made to call off the event in an effort to “calm the situation” and preserve...
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Can someone explain to me what is the problem with this? I have absolutely no sympathy for Islam, but if a group of people want to organize a private party dressed up as whatever they want (be it burkas, birth suits, potato costumes, whatever), why should they be prevented from doing it?
Or maybe I'm misunderstanding the article?