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OK: Legislator?s proposal would ban use of Sharia law

By Alliance Alert

Tulsa World: "A proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that would ban Sharia law in the state court system is either a pre-emptive strike against encroaching Islamic law in the U.S. or an expression of Islamophobia, depending on who you ask. State Rep. Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs, authored State Question 755, which requires state courts to rely only on federal and state laws when deciding cases, and forbids courts to consider international law or Sharia law. It will appear on the Nov. 2 general election ballot." | Via Religion Clause. | Ballot Language | Full text of HJR 1056 | Follow State Question 755 at Ballotpedia.

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on July 19, 2010 (boomark / email).