Judges asks why Oklahoma's law on Sharia applies to only one religion

 
BY ROBERT BOCZKIEWICZ
Published: September 13, 2011

DENVER — Judges who will decide whether Oklahoma can ban Islamic law from the state's courts raised questions Monday about the effect of the ban and why it applies to only one religion.

“There's no mention of any other specific law,” Judge Scott Matheson of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said during oral arguments about the ban voters approved in November by a wide margin.

“We just h...


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