Below: On August 26, the ABC ran a news report featuring the Australian inventor of the burkini defending the swimwear against accusations it is a 'provocation'.
Below: On August 13, 2016, World News Australia, televised an interview with Davis Lisnard, the mayor of Cannes, in which he defended the banning of the burkini on public beaches in France.
Below: On August 17, Al Jazeera ran a 25 minute documentary examining the background to the burkini ban in various French cities.
On August 16, 2016, RT ran a news report dealing with the beachside riot which occurred in Corsica after photographs were claimed to have been taken of Muslim women wearing burkinis.
Below: On August 16, 2016, Ten News reported on British celebrity chef, Nigella Lawson, wearing a burkini while on a beach in Australia.
On September 8, 2016, The Chronicle published a comment by Emile Riachi titled 'The Burkini ban: a French perspective'
The opinion piece is a defence of the assimilationist policy traditionally adopted in France.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2016/09/the-burkini-ban-a-french-perspective
On September 7, 2016, the BBC published a report titled 'France burkini: Corsica court upholds local ban'
The report details the decision of a Corsican court to support a ban imposed in Corsica on the wearing of the burkini.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37293201
On September 5, 2016, The Huffington Post published the reply of the French president, Manuel Valls, to criticisms published in The New York Times of his support for the banning of the bikini.
The full text of the president's defence of the bans can be found at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/manuel-valls/in-france-women-are-free_b_11867242.html
On August 28, 2016, The Tribune published a news report titled 'French mayors who banned burkini to defy court ruling against them'
The report details the opposition of the mayors to the State Council's ruling overturning a ban on the burkini and their determination to continue the ban within their own jurisdictions until explicitly instructed not to.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/28/french-towns-who-banned-burkini-to-defy-court-ruling-against-the/
On August 20, 2016, The Conversation published a comment by Pina Sadar, a PhD candidate in Anthropology at Durham University. The comment is titled 'Banning the burkini reinforces a single story about Muslim women: they need saving'
It argues that the burkini ban promotes a narrow and prejudiced view of Muslim women.
The full text can be accessed at https://theconversation.com/banning-the-burkini-reinforces-a-single-story-about-muslim-women-they-need-saving-64180
On August 13, 2016, Religious Despatches published a comment by Shabana Mir which challenges many of the justifications offered for banning the burkini.
The comment is titled 'The Deadly Burqini, Or, What Exactly is an "Islamic Swimsuit"?'
The full text can be accessed at http://religiondispatches.org/the-deadly-burqini-or-what-exactly-is-an-islamic-swimsuit/
On August 12, 2016, Shafaqna published an exclusive interview with David Lisnard, the mayor of Cannes, in which he explained his decision to ban the burkini.
The full text can be accessed at http://en.shafaqna.com/news/36187
