Austrian Court Rejects Hygiene Defense for Burkini Ban

A Salzburg court upheld a €100 fine against an alpine hotel that barred two Austrian Muslim women from wearing burkinis in its pool, dismissing the manager's hygiene objections as baseless. Water tests revealed no irregularities; burkinis use the same synthetic materials as standard swimwear. The ruling supplies evidence-based reasoning for future dress-code disputes but does not set nationwide precedent under Austrian law.