Sydney Muslim woman Zeynab Alshelh kicked off French beach for wearing burkini
SEPTEMBER 19, 201612:16PM
Zeynab Alshelh (left) wanted to show her solidarity with Muslim women in France.Picture: Channel 7
Joseph BurkeThe Daily Telegraph
A MUSLIM Australian woman has been forced to leave a French beach after furious locals threatened to call the police if she stayed.
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Sydney medical student Zeynab Alshelh, 23, travelled to France with Channel Seven’s Sunday Night program to protest a decision by 30 French cities to ban women from wearing the full-length swimsuits at public beaches after the Nice terror attack in July.
Zeynab Alshelh with family on the French Riviera before being forced off the beach. Picture: Channel 7Source:Channel 7
Zeynab and her family leave the beach after locals protested. Picture: Channel 7Source:Channel 7
Anger...A local makes her feelings known. Picture: Channel 7Source:Channel 7
“I just in all honesty thought [the ban] was ridiculous,” she said.
“It just doesn’t make sense to me. There’s no connection at all between the burkini and these terrorist attacks.”
But the French public seem to disagree. No sooner had Alshelh and her family sat down than they were confronted, told to leave the beach or face the consequences.
Another woman gestured to the camera, pointing at the family and giving the thumbs down.
Alshelh’s visit comes at a time of great division in France, where the ruling Socialist Party has been attacked as being weak on terrorism.
“It just doesn’t make sense to me” Zeynab Alshelh on the program last night. Picture: Channel 7Source:Channel 7
One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson last week called for a ban on the burqa. Picture Gary RamageSource:News Corp Australia
