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Sydney Muslim woman Zeynab Alshelh kicked off French beach for wearing burkini

A MUSLIM Australian woman has been forced to leave a French beach after furious locals threatened to call the police if she stayed.

Sydney Muslim woman Zeynab Alshelh kicked off French beach for wearing burkini

Source: Daily Telegraph

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.


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