{"id":2969,"date":"2019-06-29T17:29:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T21:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2019-06-29T17:29:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T21:29:01","slug":"french-nudists-threaten-to-bare-all-in-sizzling-public-pool-standoff-with-burkini-bathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2969","title":{"rendered":"French Nudists Threaten to ‘Bare All’ in Sizzling Public Pool Standoff With Burkini Bathers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier, authorities in the French city of Grenoble shut down the city\u2019s two municipal swimming pools amidst a sweltering heatwave gripping western Europe after several Muslim women were seen swimming there wearing burkinis in defiance of the garment\u2019s ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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French nudists have issued a threat to “bare all” in a stand-off with\u00a0burkini-wearing bathers<\/a>\u00a0at public swimming pools in the French city of Grenoble, as temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius hold a relentless grip on western Europe, reports The Telegraph.<\/p>\n

The city residents have launched a \u201ccitizens\u2019 secular, ecologist\u201d Facebook group called \u201cEveryone Naked\u201d, as they summoned members to arrive at the pool naked and challenge the \u201cburkini brigade\u201d, deploring Green mayor Eric Piolle\u2019s \u201cworrying inaction\u201d.<\/p>\n

At least 231 protesters have expressed an intention to arrive naked, with 1,300 showing an interest.<\/p>\n

Soaring temperatures in Grenoble had stoked already-flaring passions among local residents, as authorities had shut down the city\u2019s two municipal swimming pools after Muslim women were seen swimming there wearing burkinis.<\/p>\n

The burkini-clad women went to the pools twice at the initiative of Alliance Citoyenne, a civil rights NGO, to challenge a city ban on the full-body swimwear, which they claim is discriminatory.<\/p>\n

For reasons of security and hygiene, the southeastern French city obliges women to wear one-piece close-fitting bathing costumes in swimming pools while men must wear Speedo-style swimsuits rather than shorts.<\/p>\n

However, in a deliberate act of defiance, the group of Muslim women challenged the ban.<\/p>\n

Initially, some 15 women managed to enter the pool on 17 May and even filmed themselves bathing, claiming they sought to “to defend freedom of religion\u201d.<\/p>\n