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Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:25:41 -0700
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Syria government says women must wear burkinis at public beaches
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgq7d9qdego
Syria's Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis - a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands and feet - or
other "decent" clothes at public beaches and swimming pools.
The regulations, issued by the tourism ministry, were "aimed at enhancing public safety standards and preserving public decency", Syrian state news channel
Al-Ikhbariyah al-Suriyah reported.
Private beaches, clubs and pools, as well as hotels with more than four stars, are exempt, the directive said.
Women often dress modestly on public beaches in Syria, but some women do opt for more Western styles of swimwear. The new government previously pledged to
govern inclusively.
Under the new directive, beachgoers and visitors to public pools must wear "more modest swimwear", specifying "the burkini or swimming clothes that cover more
of the body".
The decree added that women should wear a cover-up or loose clothing over their swimwear when they move between swimming areas.
"Travelling in swimwear outside the beach without appropriate cover is prohibited," it said.
Men should also wear a shirt when they are not swimming, and are not allowed to be bare-chested outside swimming areas.
The statement said "normal Western swimwear" was generally allowed in exempted places "within the limits of public taste".
More generally, people should wear loose clothing that covers the shoulders and knees and "avoid transparent and tight clothing", the decree added.
The directive did not say whether those who fail to follow the rules would be penalised or how the rules would be enforced. But it did say lifeguards and
supervisors would be appointed to monitor compliance on beaches.
It also included other safety regulations around pools and beaches.
Reacting to the new rule, one woman from Idlib in the north-west of the country told the BBC's World Service OS programme that, while she could see both sides
of the argument, "I do think there is a positive to this, from a moral and respectful point of view."
Celine said: "Some people and families don't feel comfortable seeing or wearing too much exposed skin and I believe that is a valid perspective."
But another woman, Rita, who lives in the capital, Damascus, said she was "not comfortable" with the new rule, "especially as we are not used to such laws".
"In the coastal area, different ladies from different religions all have been going there and until now, we wore what we wanted," she said. "Religious people
could avoid those in bikinis. But this law makes us scared of where to go."
She added: "We have no problem with the burkini itself, but it's a problem with the concept that the government are controlling this."
In December last year, Islamist rebel forces led by Ahmed al-Sharaa toppled Bashar al-Assad's regime, bringing years of civil war to an end.
Since then, al-Sharaa, now the country's interim president, has promised to run the country in an inclusive way.
In an interview with the BBC shortly after he took power, he said he believed in education for women and denied that he wanted to turn Syria into a version of
Afghanistan - which has severely curtailed women's rights.
In March, Sharaa signed a constitutional declaration covering a five-year transitional period.
The document said Islam was the religion of the president, as the previous constitution did, and Islamic jurisprudence was "the main source of legislation",
rather than "a main source".
The declaration also guaranteed women's rights, freedom of expression, and media freedom.
Additional reporting by Rachel Hagan
#News #Politics
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:27:31 -0700
zerosugar from private IP
Reply #19921946
This is the gift of the West and to women. Everybody who said Assad must go were idiots. Not trying to say he was an angel, but supporting Jolani and Trump
saying Jolani is a young, good looking guy is a joke.
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:37:05 -0700
marlon from private IP
Reply #14694240
wonder how Assad is doing in Russia, & why his wife divorced him. she was nice
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:52:30 -0700
zerosugar from private IP
Reply #15440450
@marlonTest she may have divorced him in hopes of going back to England. Who
knows if it’s even true though?
I find it crazy that none of the Russian newspapers or bloggers have snapped a pic of Assad? Is he even alive? I have heard conspiracy theories that he was
kidnapped. It all seems bizarre. Likewise, his son having a Twitter page and then it going down.
Anyway about Jolani and the rebels and Uyghurs. Well, I’m not opposed to people loving their religion. They were born into their faith as I was born into
mine, but the great thing is there are two countries that share their beliefs! Saudi Arabia and Qatar! They could have easily gone to those countries and lived
out their religious convictions instead of murdering people for 14 years and forcing people who weren’t born like them to live how they want! The USA should
have urged Saudi and Qatar to take all these rebels including the Uyghurs.
Reforms needed to happen under Assad no doubt, but the USA should have never supported the rebels. Assad’s government was dictatorial, but not sectarian. Now
they have a government that is both dictatorial and sectarian.
Maybe Assad should have been more sectarian and fought for an Alawite coat and let the rebels live in a landlocked country with their Uyghur friends. It’s
terrible the slaughter of the Alawites. These are poor poor people who were even poor under Assad. The Sunni have always been wealthier. Nearly all of Assad’s
cabinet including his PM were Sunni too. The Western media lie.
Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:55:46 -0700
zerosugar from private IP
Reply #18934515
*coast
I just find it sad that the Alawite have nobody!!! The Druze and Kurds have the USA and Israel to a certain extent. The Alawite have absolutely nobody. These
people were scared to leave their homes because of the checkpoints and scared to stay in their homes because the Uyghur and Jolani’s forces were going house
to house slaughtering people saying the time for reconciliation was over and now they must eliminate “remnants of the regime.”
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