by InTrieste
Anna Maria Cisint, the mayor of Monfalcone, a town neighboring Trieste in the province of Gorizia, wrote an open letter to the local Muslim community, Il Piccolo reports, saying bathing fully clothed on beaches is ‘unacceptable’.
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.”
Cisint, of the right-wing Lega party, claims that bathers entering the water fully dressed causes “bewilderment” on the popular tourist beach of Marina Julia in the Gorizia area.
The practice of bathing “in clothing other than swimsuits must cease”, Cisint warned, adding that “forms of ‘Islamisation’ of our territory cannot be accepted”.
