A UK judge who heard "tinny music" in his courtroom during a murder trial found out that a juror was hiding an MP3 player under her habib hijab. She was arrested and might be imprisoned.
Outside the court Ben Maguire, a barrister representing the prosecution, said that it was a "bad contempt" and prison would be the "likely outcome".
"It is unique for all those who are connected with this court to experience a situation where the juror is suspected of listening to a MP3 player under her Islamic headgear," he said.
(Meanwhile, Judge Donald Thompson, who was jailed last year for using a penis pump under his robe while presiding over four trials, has been denied parole for the second time.)
Link (Thanks, Mel!)
Reader comment:
Karen says:
I think you meant to say that the woman was listening to an MP3 player
under her hijab. Habib sounds like part of "habibi", "darling" in
Arabic, which you may have heard in various Arab pop songs. (Habibi
Dah, by Hisham Abbas, is fun.)Using "hijab" for headscarf is common, but it's inaccurate. Hijab
means modesty, and there are various ways of being modest — ranging
from a simple headscarf (which goes by various names depending on
language and culture — khimar, dupatta, etc.) to Omani beaked masks,
Saudi abaya and niqab, Afghan burkas, Iranian chadors, and on and on
and on.
