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: Breaking Legal NewsCourt order blocks Okla. amendment on Islamic law
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A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking a state constitutional amendment that prohibits state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases.
U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange ruled Monday morning in Oklahoma City following a brief hearing. It prevents the state election board from certifying the results of Tuesday's general election in which the amendment was approved by 70 percent of the voters.
The order will remain in effect until a Nov. 22 hearing on a requested preliminary injunction.
It was issued in a lawsuit filed by the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma. Muneer Awad said during the hearing that the law stigmatizes his religion.
Full post as published by Breaking Legal News on November 08, 2010 (boomark / email).
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