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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 17 > A modest swim: Muslim women in N.C. take a first dip, in Burkinis

A modest swim: Muslim women in N.C. take a first dip, in Burkinis

By Yonat Shimron / The Bulletin
January 17, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. — Salman Sheikh was organizing a swim class for his two sons last summer when fellow Muslim parents approached him about starting a class for girls.

Sheikh told them he would ask the Curran Aquatic Center in Cary, N.C., whether it could accommodate a group of Muslims who....

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