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Judge blocks Oklahoma ban on sharia law
Voters in the state backed a measure to bar the use of Islamic and international law by 70 per cent to 30 per cent, in a referendum held on the same day as the US midterm elections.

However Muneer Awad, the head of the regional branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, promptly filed a lawsuit against it. Mr Awad argued that the measure violated the right to religious freedom as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

"Islam was the target of this amendment," Mr Awad said. "This amendment does not have a secular purpose."

Judge Vicki Miles LaGrange granted a temporary restraining order against the measure, in advance of a hearing on November 22.
Remember, we only think we live in a democratic republic. We actually live in a black-robed theocracy ...
The original measure was proposed by Rex Duncan, a Republican state representative, who has said it is necessary to protect the "children and grandchildren" of present-day Oklahomans.

Mr Duncan said that Judge LaGrange's verdict "thwarts the will of the people".

However legal experts have questioned whether the measure is necessary, given that there is no apparent danger of foreign law becoming binding on the state. Joseph Thai, a professor at the University of Oklahoma's College of Law, described it as "an answer in search of a problem".
We'd prefer to think of it as solving a problem before the problem goes, um, kaboom on us ...

Posted by: tipper 2010-11-09
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