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2010-10-14 Great White North

Ontario court: may woman wear niqab while testifying?

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Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 How can jurors assess demeanor of a testator, if they are masked?

Posted by Woozle Phereting2969 2010-10-14 06:37|| 2010-10-14 06:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Or even their identity?

Posted by Formerly Dan 2010-10-14 07:36|| 2010-10-14 07:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Hundreds of years of English law, the right to face one's accuser, under the bus? Submission, not tolerance.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-10-14 09:15|| 2010-10-14 09:15|| Front Page Top

#4 The wife was manning (maybe not an appropriate term) a neighood garage sale and a islamic woman came to the sale. She was dressed in hijab and full length coat. It was 85-90 degrees. My wife made a casual comment: "Aren't you hot?" Now I guess one could take offense but the question was innocent. The muslim woman said: "It is not as hot as being in hell." Later, the ladies figured out they had been slammed.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-10-14 10:45|| 2010-10-14 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 "I object! That is not the sack I was talking to! It had a pattern on it!"

Posted by Frank G 2010-10-14 18:47|| 2010-10-14 18:47|| Front Page Top

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