Middle East Focus: Sharia Law: U.S. Federal Court Saves Oklahomans from own Folly……….

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Sharia Law: U.S. Federal Court Saves Oklahomans from own Folly……….

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“A federal appeals court has blocked an Oklahoma voter-approved measure barring state judges from considering Islamic and international law in their decisions. The three-judge panel at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier injunction preventing State Question 755 from being certified until the free speech questions are resolved. The decision Tuesday allows a lawsuit brought by Islamic-American groups to move ahead to a bench trial. "The proposed amendment discriminates among religions," said the judges. "The Oklahoma amendment specifically names the target of its discrimination. The only religious law mentioned in the amendment is Sharia law."…………”

I could have told them that it will not stand judicial scrutiny (I think I did write about it at the time they passed it, I need to go back and check). Sometimes they forget that in the USA state and church (and mosque and synagogue, etc) are supposed to be separated. This ain't Iran or Saudi Arabia or the "new" Egypt and Libya or the "next" Syria. Not even in Bible-quoting Oklahoma.
Once you specify one religion’s laws as ‘verboten’, then you are implicitly accepting the other religions' laws, thus fudging the separation (no doubt this was one of the intentions). Oklahoma’s eager politicians get too emotional in elections years, especially when they are eager to evict a secret Muslim from the White House. You’d think they are afraid Senator Whatishisname would have to wear a burqa or niqab............
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