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MONTREAL – Lawyers for a woman who was denied a court appearance because of her hijab are seeking a legal opinion on the rights of Quebecers who want access to justice while wearing religious attire.
They filed a motion on Friday with the Quebec Superior Court on behalf of Rania El-Alloul, whose case was not heard after she refused to remove her head scarf.
Quebec court Judge Eliana Marengo told El-Alloul on Feb. 24 that her case involving the province’s automobile insurance board and her impounded vehicle would not proceed as long as she was wearing the hijab.
She refused to remove it and the judge put the case off. It was ultimately settled in mid-March when the car was returned.
“We are asking to establish a principle, a principle that is a legal one: that you cannot refuse to hear a litigant because of a hijab, a turban, a kippa,” constitutional lawyer Julius Grey said.
The motion will be presented April 30.
Grey and fellow Montreal lawyer Mathieu Bouchard said they’re also preparing a judicial complaint against Marengo, not for the purposes of a reprimand, but to make it clear judges cannot choose their clientele…
They filed a motion on Friday with the Quebec Superior Court on behalf of Rania El-Alloul, whose case was not heard after she refused to remove her head scarf.
Quebec court Judge Eliana Marengo told El-Alloul on Feb. 24 that her case involving the province’s automobile insurance board and her impounded vehicle would not proceed as long as she was wearing the hijab.
She refused to remove it and the judge put the case off. It was ultimately settled in mid-March when the car was returned.
“We are asking to establish a principle, a principle that is a legal one: that you cannot refuse to hear a litigant because of a hijab, a turban, a kippa,” constitutional lawyer Julius Grey said.
The motion will be presented April 30.
Grey and fellow Montreal lawyer Mathieu Bouchard said they’re also preparing a judicial complaint against Marengo, not for the purposes of a reprimand, but to make it clear judges cannot choose their clientele…
