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Should a Muslim woman who wears a full head covering (Niqab) remove it when giving evidence in court? \u00a0That\u2019s what a judge in a London court ruled. \u00a0He did say that the woman could be shielded by a screen and would only be seen by the jury and lawyers. According to a story in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":3042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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