The burkini bans are not the first time the country has been divided over religious dress, says Anne-Sylvaine Chassany. In 1908 the Catholic soutane was at the centre of a clash as the hijab and niqab are today, highlighting the tension between hardline and liberal secularism, dividing Muslims and threatening national unity
不久前法國(guó)引發(fā)爭(zhēng)議的“海灘禁穿穆斯林泳衣burkini ”并非第一次暴露政教的緊張關(guān)系，早在20世紀(jì)初，能否在街上身著天主教教士袍就成為當(dāng)時(shí)輿論的熱點(diǎn)。1905年，法國(guó)通過了《世俗法》規(guī)定任何宗教信仰及其宗教活動(dòng)都在私人范圍展開。