A DW web-video about the burkini has gone viral, sparking a debate about the relationship between female nudity and politics. Here is what can be learned from social media users’ hundreds of reactions. The burkini – a combination of a headscarf, tunic and leggings worn together as a wetsuit, and preferred as beachwear by some Muslim women – became the subject of great controversy when French authorities tried to outlaw it last year. Photos of French policemen ordering Muslim women to remove their burkinis in public went viral, moving some to protest the policing of female bodies and others to
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