Hijab allowed during legal hearings in Canada

Montreal - Rania El Alloul was expelled from a courtroom in 2015 for wearing a hijab.

A judge cannot refuse to take testimony from a woman because she is wearing an hijab, a court ruled on Wednesday.
A citizen may wear any religious attire in a courtroom so long as their "religious beliefs are sincere" and they do not "conflict with another person's constitutional rights," the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled unanimously.
Montrealer Rania El Alloul, a Muslim, was expelled from a courtroom in 2015 for wearing a hijab.
Judge Eliana Marengo of the Court of Quebec had cited a court ruling that every person must be "appropriately dressed" and compared El Alloul's headscarf "to a hat or sunglasses."
But Marengo did not take into account the right of El Alloul "to religious expression," the three appeals judges ruled.