Serious question as I honestly don’t know; if an ignorant ‘Murican or other WeStErN wOrLd tourist were to visit a strict Muslim country such as Kuwait and wanted to swim in either a pool or the gulf wearing wEsTeRn WoRlD swimming attire, would she be arrarrested?
Not in Kuwait. There's no law saying you have to be covered up. Women walk around with their hair flowing in the wind with complete impunity. Kuwait has women in their parliament (at least until parliament got suspended) and not all of them wore head scarves.
They also have women's recreational sports leagues. Somebody linked here to some kind of ultimate Frisbee style association, the picture was women playing together without any head coverings. Could've been anywhere in the Western World.
In this case, Chantal also booked the private pool time. 100% public pools would have women's only times available.
I keep repeating myself in this thread but I just can't stress it enough: there is no valid reason for Chantal to dress the way she does. It is not required in all branches of Islam. She's never told is which branch she allegedly belongs to. For most liberals Muslims, it's a personal expression of faith. Salah has said he doesn't mind if she wears Western clothes. It is not required in Kuwait, especially not for Western women. It's the norm, but it's by no means expected of anyone-- again, especially not Western woman. I actually thinking a trumpeting elephant like Chantal stands out more among locals dressed like that, rather than the Western women wearing Western clothes and not making an ass of themselves.
She's putting herself at extra risk of drowning for literally no reason except her own pride and stupidity.
Of course, modesty is still required of Western women travelling there. A sexy bikini would probably get someone in trouble. Same with non-swim clothes-- don't be flouncing around with your ass cheeks and underboob out. A good rule of thumb for Western women travelling to MENA countries is to cover shoulders and knees. Head coverings are usually not required, unless you are entering a mosque. (Which anyone can do as a visitor, btw. There was no reason Chantal couldn't have visited the many mosques in Ottawa as past of her religious studies before she reverted. LOL.)
The problem with Chantal and modesty is that it's impossible to be modest when you're the size of four people. Your very existence is attention grabbing. Even the flowiest garment becomes street-walker tight on Chantal. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I'd err on the side of not being waterboarded by my own shirt, but that's just me.