Lawyer refuses to stand for judges

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A lawyer who refuses to stand up for judges for religious reasons should chose another profession, the head of the Dutch law society says in Monday’s Volkskrant.


Newly-qualified Rotterdam lawyer Mohammed Enait has refused to stand for judges arguing that in Islam, all men are equal.

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