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A bit more info for you, B. My understanding is that the woman in question is being brought in as a witness for the defense. She's not been ordered to attend. The defendant has recieved death threats and has been assaulted, possibly for bringing her into the mess, possibly for the mess itself; who knows. The trial is about misappropriated funds for an Islamic school, or somesuch, so either is likely.

I personally think it's a win for common sense. A letter to a newspaper summed it up nicely for me. A woman wrote that in this country she's perfectly free to wear a bikini in public if she feels like it, but out of respect for the judicial system, she wouldn't wear a bikini in court. Islamic women are perfectly free to wear a burqa in public if they feel like it, but out of respect for the judicial system...