A new declaration of victimhood: a Huffington Post report states that “over the last decade, Muslim women across the globe have been subject to an increasing amount of harassment when swimming while wearing less-than-revealing swim attire.”
Muslim women facing opposition when wearing “less-than-revealing swim attire” in pools has nothing to do with their being Muslim. It is because it breeds germs and alters water chemistry.
Anyone or any group jumping into a pool fully clothed will get the same response. Pool staff who forbid the wearing of “less-than-revealing swim attire” in pools are acting responsibly in the interests of all their patrons, not just of one special interest group. The attempted shaming of Echo Park Pool staff on Long Island for doing their duty is yet another attempt to claim Muslim victimhood or “Islamophobia” in a quest for special treatment.
“American Muslim Women Are Fighting For The Freedom To Swim,” by Rowaida Abdelaziz, Huffington Post, July 13, 2019:
It was the summer of 2017 when Ruhee Kapadia, a Muslim mother from Long Island, New York, took her 13-year-old daughter to their local pool. School was out, and her daughter was excited to finally enjoy the long-awaited summer break in the water.
But staff at the Echo Park Pool said Kapadia’s daughter wasn’t allowed to swim, citing her clothing. Her daughter was wearing a bathing suit layered with leggings and a T-shirt, which staff said wasn’t appropriate swimwear. When the 39-year-old mother tried to reason with the pool staff, they told her it was out of their hands and to take up her concerns with local West Hempstead officials.
So she did.
Kapadia met with Laura Gillen, a Democrat who was running for Hempstead town supervisor, a suburb of New York City that had been governed by Republicans for more than a century. Though Gillen’s candidacy was considered a long shot, she promised that if she were elected, she would address Kapadia’s concern.
Over the last decade, Muslim women across the globe have been subject to an increasing amount of harassment when swimming while wearing less-than-revealing swim attire. Just last week in France, where the burkini is banned in several cities, Muslim women staged a protest defying the prohibitions. Although no such bans exist in the United States, Muslim women across the country say they are criticized or denied admittance to their local pools because of their modest swimwear…..
Lenore Cooper says
I was curious as to the fact of “street clothes in a swimming environment. A quick google search brought up a lifeguard page. a short excerpt is included. This was a random search, a further in-depth search would result in a more detailed medical reason I’m sure.
Justification
Some type of clothing may represent a drowning hazard. Lifeguards must make a judgment call based on safety or hygiene concerns, and must restrict access to bathing if the swimwear in question presents a drowning risk.
Swimwear must be suitable for the type of aquatic activity and the bather’s swimming skills. Because wet clothing is heavier or effect of water resistance caused by clothing wideness, some swimwear can interfere with swimming skills and increase drowning risk for the bather as well as other bathers, and the lifeguard.
Even though there is no scientific evidence that links swimwear to a risk of Recreational Water Illnesses (RWIs) or water turbidity problems, we recommend the implementation of rules adapted to the aquatic facility and its water quality management procedures. We must recognize that bathers are the main contributors to water contamination (5). Dirty clothes could affect water treatment procedures because they contain organic matter and contaminants at the source of infectious diseases. Swimwear should be clean, as dirty clothing reduces the effectiveness of pool water treatment procedures. For this reason, bathers must take a shower using soap before entering an indoor pool, and only a shower before entering an outdoor pool.
mortimer says
Not many decades back, boys in all schools swam in the nude in male-only swim classes.
Lenore Cooper says
that is true, and not long ago, this would have been a matter of hygiene and not a matter of
religion.
gravenimage says
Thanks for the citations, Lenore,
KWJ says
When I was a kid our country club pool required showering before entering the pool and after going to the bathroom. It didn’t require soap but a rinse off. We had a swim team so there were lots of kids. Also, suntan lotion isn’t good for the pool.
At the beach clothes won’t dry as quickly like a bathing suit and can be a recipe for fungal and yeast infections.
Pet Charles says
The end game is to restrict the pool access by non-Muslims so that ONLY Muslims can swim at certain times on certain days. Of course, they will also be free to swim when non-Muslims swim. It is truly shocking to see this happen in the Western Hemisphere in my lifetime. All I can say is the parties who are importing this social upheaval in the West are genocidal and warlike
JW_Reader says
They are all ready doing it. Muslims are asking authorities to restrict men’s access to the pool while muslim women are there! Coming soon to a Swimming Pool Near you!
Savvy Kafir says
Pet Charles says: “All I can say is the parties who are importing this social upheaval in the West are genocidal and warlike.”
And it’s WAR they’re going to get, Charles. In some European countries, violent revolution & civil war seem almost inevitable. The Islamic hordes WILL be thrown out of the West, one way or another — and the suicidal idiots who invite & encourage & support them will find themselves stripped of power & influence and made pariahs, if they survive the cataclysm they have brought about.
Thereader says
The majority of people I meet are concerned about this matter but they seem to feel that they cannot do anything. Will the peaceful Christians rise up, I wonder, against the violent muzzies? I think they are quietly importing weapons while we have none, and anyone who speaks up will like Tommy be thrown to the lions. I fear that it will be left too late (as usual).
KWJ says
Pet Charles, that happened in Luton England. Google Luton Muslims pool or something. They wanted exclusive swim days and even named the day something Islamic and men had to wear trunks just above the knee and no belly button showing. For some reason the women had to pay more than the men. Couldn’t figure out why since the women’s pool is smaller.
Heidi says
The point in this matter is not that they aren’t allowed to wear their burkinis but to enforce their will upon us. Since when does a swim suit has any connection to religion? It is like giving them the finger they take the hand and so forth. If they insist to swim in a burkini, there are plenty o Islamic countries with beaches and female swimming pools in his world.
Savvy Kafir says
Boo-f*cking-hoo!
Here’s an idea — move back to the Islamic hell-hole society you came from, so you’ll feel more comfortable.
Mike says
They can swim all they want with those table cloths on. There are plenty of lakes and rivers around.
CRUSADER says
This stunt demonstrates the need for ALAC :
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Freedom of Religion
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gravenimage says
Huffington Post: “Muslim women subject to harassment when swimming while wearing less-than-revealing swim attire”
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God grief–the idea that you can’t swim if you aren’t wearing a “revealing” swim suit is ludicrous. I wear fairly modest one-pieces swim suits, but not some sort of Burka. The fact is that street clothes or Burqas are unsanitary and dangerous.
Women have drowned in these outfits.
Giacomo Latta says
Maybe this was just a Hollywood-movie invention but there might be a liquid when put into a pool turns a bright blue when it encounters urine. I suggest all pools lay their hands on some of this liquid and use it copiously whenever a Muslim enters a pool.
OLD GUY says
This is just another Musim move to change rules and laws to work in sharia laws.
SweetOlBob says
Another in-your-face filthy muslim demand that they say MUST be met ! Their “religion” demands it !
Tough ! Get with the program,or get out ! It is not up to everyone else in the world to cool your “burlapped”
women. Let them shower at home where they can drip dry.
Let Abdul and friends build their own pool, no infidels admitted. Then they can designate days to be female only to keep the muslim men from leering in sexual desire at the thought of totally wet women. (Snort, Howl)