Cheryl Bormann, counsel for defendant Walid bin Attash, attended the arraignment Saturday dressed in a hijab, apparently because her client insisted on it. She further requested that the court order other women to follow that example so that the defendants do not have to avert their eyes "for fear of committing a sin under their faith."
But perhaps what Bormann should explain to her client is that the reason he has legal representation is because we are civilized and don't expect women to cover up in order to accommodate 7th century beliefs.