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  • Attorney in hijab defends call for other women at 9/11 hearing to wear 'appropriate' clothing

    05/06/2012 9:16:19 AM PDT · by ColdOne · 116 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | 5/6/12 | AP/Foxnews
    The defense attorney who wore a traditional Islamic outfit during the rowdy arraignment of the accused Sept. 11 terrorists is defending her courtroom appeal that other women in the room wear more "appropriate" clothing to the proceedings -- out of respect for her client's Muslim beliefs. Cheryl Bormann, counsel for defendant Walid bin Attash, attended the arraignment Saturday dressed in a hijab, apparently because her client insisted on it. She further requested that the court order other women to follow that example so that the defendants do not have to avert their eyes "for fear of committing a sin under...