Mayor of seaside town says swimming fully dressed is “unacceptable”.
A mayor in northern Italy has criticised the practice of “Muslim foreigners” bathing fully clothed on beaches as “unacceptable”, claiming it creates “intolerable consequences” for preserving decorum.
Anna Maria Cisint, the mayor of Monfalcone in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, wrote an open letter to the local Muslim community, Italian media reports.
In the letter published on Wednesday, Cisint said that “those who come from different situations than ours are obliged to respect the rules and customs that apply in the Italian and local context.”