LONDON -- France's controversial "burkini ban" is Watch Project X Onlinedominating headlines and dividing social media this week after police made a woman remove items of her clothing on a beach in Nice.
SEE ALSO: Illustration highlights the hypocrisy of the burkini banAuthorities in several towns on France's Mediterranean coast have imposed a ban on the burkini, a swimsuit that covers the torso, limbs and head,on the grounds that the garment contravenes "good morals and secularism" and could incite violence. National treasure and all-round badass J.K. Rowling has joined the debate to make her feelings on the matter quite clear.
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The author tweeted on Thursday afternoon pointing out the double standards at the heart of the ban.
You tell 'em, Rowling.
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