
A Winnipeg Muslim family was initially told they couldn’t enter the pool because of the unsanitary, bacteria-ridden, full body-covering Islamic burqini the women were wearing.
CTV“About 10-15 minutes, the owner approached us and said that due to the burkini me and my daughter were wearing we aren’t allowed on the waterslide,” said the mother Halima Jelloul
Lilac Resort’s owner, Dan Manaigre, said he approached the family because he didn’t know what a burkini was and thought it was streetwear (It is!)– a major public health violation if worn in a pool.
“I want to apologize to the family because I just didn’t know,” said Manaigre. Manaigre has sent a memo out to all of his staff explaining what a burkini is and that they are allowed.
“Moving forward, they’ve all been told that burkini will be acceptable wear. However, they will continue enforcing no streetwear in the pool,” he said. In other words, Muslims can wear streetwear, but Christians and Jews can’t.