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Oklahoma ban of Sharia deems Islam as un-American

By Edward SanFilippo

Haroon Moghul Executive Director, The Maydan Institute: "Last week, Oklahomans voted overwhelmingly in favor of State Question 755, which forbids state courts from considering "international law," defined as a discourse "formed by the general assent of civilized nations," and "Sharia," or "Islamic law," in their decisions. Perhaps Oklahomans, in their eagerness to rid their state of alleged foreign influences, did not realize that the amendment could forbid their courts from citing the Ten Commandments, which were after all passed to us through a Middle Eastern people. But what of Sharia? Literally, it means "the path to the water," and refers to God's revelation in the form of the Muslim holy

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on November 11, 2010 (boomark / email).