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Muslim attorneys should also rise for judge, says Dutch minister 



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Amsterdam - All Dutch attorneys, including Muslims, should rise when a judge
enters a court room, Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin told Dutch
parliament on Tuesday. Hirsch Ballin said the Dutch Council for
Jurisprudence felt that rising for a judge is "the common way to show
respect for the court and legal authority." 

The minister was responding to a question posed by legislator Henk Kamp
(Liberals), who inquired about a news report which said a Rotterdam court
had made an agreement with a Muslim attorney that he could remain seated
when a judge enters the courtroom. 

Mohammed Enait, who was sworn in as an attorney last month, said his
religion prohibited him from rising for other people. Enait has remained
seated as the judge entered. 

Last week the Rotterdam court decided that although the : behavioral code
requires attorneys to rise when a judge enters the court, exceptions could
be made "in extraordinary situations" such as that of Enait. 

Hirsch Ballin told parliament that the Dutch Council for Jurisprudence would
inform all involved parties of its position that no exceptions could be
made. 


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