Constitution cited in suit involving Sharia law
DENVER — A change to the Oklahoma constitution to bar state judges from considering Islamic law in making court decisions violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of religious freedom, opponents claim.
“Oklahoma stigmatizes Islam and its adherents,” the opponents of the voter-approved constitutional amendment told the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in written arguments Monday night.
The arguments wer...
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