The Syria Government says women should wear Burkinis on public beaches

The Provisional Government, governed by the Islamist force, has stated that women should wear a bourisin – a swimsuit that covers the body, except for the face, arms and legs – or other “decent” clothing on public beaches and swimming pools.

The rules issued by the Ministry of Tourism were “aimed at raising public safety and preserving state decency,” al-Suria, the Syrian State News Channel, reports.

Private beaches, clubs and pools, as well as hotels with more than four stars are released, the directive said.

Often, women are modestly dressed on public beaches in Syria, but some women choose more western swimwear styles. The new government had previously pledged to rule inclusive.

According to the new directive, beachs and visitors to public pools should wear “more modest swimwear”, indicating “Burkini or bathing that covers more body.”

The decree adds that women should wear cover or loose clothing over swimsuits when they move between the floating areas.

“Traveling to swimwear behind the beach without a proper cover is prohibited,” the statement reads.

Men should also wear a shirt if they do not float, and do not allow naked tubercles outside the swim.

The statement said that the “normal Western swimsuit” was usually allowed in vacant places “within the public taste”.

To a greater extent, people should wear loose clothing that covers the shoulders and knees and “avoid transparent and dense clothing,” the decree is added.

The directive does not say whether those who do not comply with the rules will be punished or how the rules will be met. But it was said that rescuers and executives would be intended to control the execution of beaches.

It also included other safety rules around the pools and beaches.

Responding to a new rule, one woman from Idlib in the northwest of the country told the BBC World Service that although she saw both sides of the argument, “I think there is positive and respectful point of view.”

Celine said, “Some people and families do not feel comfortable when you see or wear too much open skin, and I believe it is a real prospect.”

But another woman, Rita, who lives in the capital, Damascus said that she was “not comfortable” with the new rule, “especially since we are not used to such laws.”

“In the coastal area, different houses of different religions go there, and we still wore what they wanted,” she said. “Religious people could avoid those in bikini. But this law makes us fear where to go.”

She added: “We have no problem with Burkini itself, but this is a problem with the concept that the government controls it.”

Last December, Islamist rebel troops led by Ahmed al-Sharaa overthrew the Bashar al-Assad regime, giving the civil war to the end.

Since then, al-Sharaa, which is now the temporary president of the country, has promised to govern the country inclusive.

In an interview with BBC Shortly after he took power, he said he believed in education for women and denied that he wanted to turn Syria into a version of Afghanistan, which has greatly reduced the rights of women.

In March Sharaa signed a constitutional declaration covers the five -year transition period.

The document states that Islam was the president’s religion, like the previous constitution, and the Islamic jurisprudence was the “main source of the legislation” rather than “the main source”.

The declaration also guaranteed the rights of women, freedom of expression and freedom of the media.