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* Lebanese-born Australian fashion designer Aheda Zanetti came up with the [http://www.burqini.com/ burqini] (or burkini) in the 2000s as a Muslim-friendly substitute for women's swimwear, combining the comfort and flexibility of a regular swimsuit with the modesty of a burqa. It unsurprisingly attracted controversy especially in France where head and body coverings are banned due to laws on secularism in the country where people are expected to abide by a "religiously neutral arena", though said ban was also ridiculed even by Western and liberal Muslim commentators--British Muslim activist Maajid Nawaz provided a [[Equal Opportunity Offender|critique]] of both the burqini and the ban, saying "Burkini is sad symbol of Islam today going backwards on gender issues. Banning it is sad symbol of liberalism today going backwards in reply." The burqini has also been [[Periphery Demographic|adopted]] by non-Muslim women such as Orthodox Jews and skin cancer survivors or those with a high risk thereof, as it allows them the flexibility of swimwear and the protection of wearing full clothing.

* Besides offering insurance to Catholics who often worked in dangerous jobs, the [[wikipedia:Knights of Columbus|Knights of Columbus]] was also established by American Catholic priest Michael J. McGivney as an alternative to the [[wikipedia:Freemasonry|Freemasonry]], whose secretive nature, tenets and adherence to deist beliefs led to animosity from numerous religious groups who either view the Masons with contempt or condemn them as an occult or even a satanic cabal. McGivney believed that Catholicism and fraternalism were compatible and wanted to found a society to encourage men to be proud of their American–Catholic heritage.

 

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