An outrageous publicity stunt. Muslim dating app Muzz offers to refund fines to women who wear burkinis, reveals The Figaro. The executive’s response was immediate.
“We will not allow community organizations to structure separatist excesses within our Republic. I denounce these actions before the justice”, Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, tweeted this Wednesday afternoon.
“Go take a leisurely swim”
This UK-based site advertises the color right from the app’s home page.
“Muslim sisters, it’s hot outside, go for a leisurely swim. Don’t worry, Muzz will reimburse you if you get fined for wearing a burkini,” we can read on the faith-based dating site, which claims that “several hundred thousand users in France’.
To benefit from this device, Muzz indicates the instructions to be followed by requesting the interested parties, namely, the sending of “an official document from a government entity, which proves the fine and includes their name and address”, as well as an “official certificate from your bank indicating that you have already paid the fine.
The Council of State has prohibited wearing the burkini in municipal swimming pools
These actions could go against article 40 of the 1881 law that “prohibits publicly announcing the economic assumption of fines.”
This case echoes the controversy in Grenoble. The new municipal swimming pool regulation led by Éric Piolle authorized the use of burkini-type swimsuits at the end of May. Following the suspension by the city administrative court, the municipality filed an appeal with the Council of State. The latter finally closed the door on burkinis in municipal swimming pools and thus Grenoble had to back down.
The decision was hailed at the time on Twitter by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
Source: BFM TV
