French Court Denies Damages To Muslim Couple Who Barred Male Intern From Delivery Room

Al Arabiya reports today that a French appellate court in Lyon has ruled that a French Muslim couple are not entitled to damages from a hospital in their suit over neurological injuries suffered by their son during birth. The court said that the injuries are due to conduct of the child's father during the delivery. Radouane Ijjou, on religious grounds, physically barred a male intern from entering his wife's room for half an hour after a midwife asked for assistance with the labor.