I would try a middle road: I would not contradict my friend, but I would not actively lie. In court or otherwise.

It's still, you will argue, a form of lying, and I will have to agree that lying by omision is also lying.

Nanna

Well, unlike in France, the Dutch government plans to ban Muslim face veils next year. Maybe at that point the woman’s religious requirements will also turn out to be more important than the law once tested in court?

Only orthodox Jewish men.

And where on the scale are the ultra orthodox Jewish men?

Those are also better than the orthodox Jewish men .

...The rationale being, ... that covered women ... could not be properly identified.

Meanwhile, in ... nearby Netherlands:

(JTA) – An Orthodox Jew was found not guilty by a Hague appeals court of failing to produce an ID card on the Sabbath. ... Orthodox Jews are not permitted to carry any objects in a public place on the Sabbath.

The Hague appeals court ruled last week that the man’s religious requirement was more important than the law,...http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/court-clears-orthodox-jew-for-not-carrying-id-on-sabbath/2012/02/21/

Maybe the Dutch judges have picked up their double standards from reading Chit-Chat too much.  

...Or from being neighbors of The International Court of Justice (commonly referred to as the World Court or ICJ) in The Hague:

After the court ruled that the U.S.'s covert war against Nicaragua was in violation of international law (Nicaragua v. United States), the United States withdrew from compulsory jurisdiction in 1986. The United States accepts the court's jurisdiction only on a case-by-case basis. (Wiki)

Maybe the Dutch judges have picked up their double standards from reading Chit-Chat too much.  

Yeah, I bet they honed in on your post the moment they saw it