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by A Muslim woman named Ginnah Muhammad took the Enterprise Rent-A-Car company to small claims court in Michigan's 31st District in October of 2006, but had her case dismissed by presiding Judge Paul Paruk after she refused to remove her niqab; the traditional Islamic face veil, in court. The Judge said, "If in fact, you do not wish to do it, then I cannot go forward with your case and I have to dismiss your case."
Muhammad has since filed a complaint against the Judge, alleging that he violated her religious rights and denied her equal access to the courts. "I'm a human being and I wanted to come to court to get justice," Muhammad said at a news conference March 21st outside the federal courthouse in Detroit.
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here we go again
Oh FFS! The veil is not a *religious requirement* but a *cultural one*. I have quite a few female muslim friends who, although devout, do not wear the veil, as they are Turkish, not Arabic. IANAL and I don't see what removing the veil has to do with a court appearance, but in any case he is not violating her religious rights.
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i can see clearly now by nickfranklin :: NR5 :: Show
statement by judge paruk explaining his decision. (pdf)
first thing i thought when i saw the photo attached to the link in lorddilly's post was that her attorney--the one without the beard--is pretty hot. maybe there is something to the whole maintaining propriety thing.
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