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Did you know the ‘burkini’ was designed in 2004 to give Muslim women the opportunity to participate more actively in Australia’s outdoor lifestyle? Dr Roja Fazaeli, lecturer in Islamic Civilisations at Trinity College Dublin, talks to Wendy about recent burkini bans in parts of France, which she believes will only serve to subjugate Muslim women.