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Value in literature, other humanities courses
Published: Fri, May 25, 2012
Regarding “OU department disconnects faculty phones to cut costs” (News, May 16): I'd like to respond to the statements attributed to Jonathan Small, fiscal policy director for the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. Especially noteworthy was Small's statement that he'd like to see “useless” general... Read More
Oklahoma Senate approves foreign law court ban
Published: Thu, May 24, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation to prohibit the use of foreign law in state courts. Senators voted 40-3 for the measure Thursday and sent it to the House. The measure prohibits state courts from using foreign law if the law provides a defense for a crime. Sen. Dan Newberry... Read More
Oklahoma faith communities help those with addiction problems
Updated: Wed, Mar 14, 2012
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God, Allah and Rick Warren
Published: Mon, Mar 12, 2012
At the Dome of the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, centuries of Islamic doctrine have literally been carved into the shrine's walls.
Two quotations on the northwest wall will be of special interest to anyone interested in the latest whirlwind of controversy linked to evangelical superstar Rick Warren and his... Read More
Oklahoma Election Board votes to appeal Sharia law ruling
Updated: Tue, Nov 30, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY - The State Election Board on Tuesday voted to appeal a judge's ruling putting a controversial state question banning Shariah law on hold. Read More
Islamic group's president pleased with ruling
Updated: Mon, Nov 29, 2010
Imad Enchassi, president of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, said he was very pleased with the judge's ruling regarding the Sharia law amendment.
"Justice has been served," Enchassi said. Read More
Oklahoma City judge extends ban on prohibition of Sharia Law
Updated: Mon, Nov 22, 2010
An Oklahoma City federal judge today extended a temporary ban on implementation of a constitutional amendment that prohibits state courts from considering international or Islamic law. Read More
Pope: condoms can be justified in some cases
Published: Sat, Nov 20, 2010
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI says in a new book that condoms can be justified for male prostitutes seeking to stop the spread of HIV, a stunning comment for a church criticized for its opposition to condoms and for a pontiff who has blamed them for making the AIDS crisis worse. The pope made the... Read More
Suit filed challenging Oklahoma voter identification measure
Updated: Tue, Nov 16, 2010
TULSA - A lawsuit was filed today in Tulsa challenging a voter-approved ballot measure requiring people to show identification before voting. Read More
OU student government considering rebuke of Shariah law ban
Updated: Tue, Nov 16, 2010
NORMAN - OU student government leaders will decide Tuesday whether they should formally rebuke the state’s ban on international and Shariah law.
The resolution comes in response to e-mails sent to OU student government leaders asking for an official stance from the university against the voter-approved... Read More
Our SQ choices
Updated: Mon, Oct 18, 2010
SQ 744: School funding; vote no
No state question is more critical or would be more damaging upon passage. The measure proposes to base common education funding on education spending in six surrounding states. Spending could not be reduced even if spending in the other states falls. The proposed calculation... Read More
Muslim law taking hold in parts of U.S., says Sharron Angle
Updated: Thu, Oct 7, 2010
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle says the country needs to address a "militant terrorist situation" that has let Islamic law take hold in some American cities.
Her comments came to tea party supporters in Mesquite, Nev., last week.
In a recording provided to The Associated... Read More
Mary Fallin says she supports SQ banning Sharia law in Oklahoma courts
Updated: Thu, Oct 7, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Mary Fallin said Thursday she supports a state question banning the use of international or Sharia law in Oklahoma courts. Read More
Pastor Terry Jones pushes a hot button
Published: Thu, Sep 23, 2010
The deaths of the 10 International Assistance Mission medical workers inspired headlines that were both shocking and numbingly familiar, since these are dangerous times for believers whose convictions steer them into Afghanistan. Read More
Muslim summit planned over NYC Islamic center
Published: Sat, Sep 18, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — A proposed Islamic center near ground zero is slowly being embraced by some Muslims who initially were indifferent about the plan, partly in response to a sense that their faith is under attack. A summit of U.S. Muslim organizations is scheduled to begin Sunday in New York City to address both... Read More
French debate: Should burgers be made according to Islamic law?
Updated: Wed, Sep 15, 2010
FLEURY-MEROGIS, France — The bacon is gone from the bacon burgers, replaced by smoked turkey. At a fast food restaurant outside Paris, a new certificate on the wall proclaims that its beef comes from cows slaughtered in line with Islamic law. Read More
Iranian prosecutor ready to release American woman
Published: Sun, Sep 12, 2010
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian prosecutor said Sunday that authorities will release a jailed American woman on $500,000 bail because of health problems, another sudden about-face by Iran in a case that has added to tension with the United States. The news came during a weekend of start-and-stop... Read More
Florida pastor says his church will never burn Quran
Published: Sat, Sep 11, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida pastor says his church will never burn a Quran, even if a mosque is built near ground zero. Pastor Terry Jones had threatened to burn the Muslim holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks over plans to build an Islamic center near where terrorists brought down the World Trade... Read More
Iran balks at release of American woman
Published: Sat, Sep 11, 2010
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities abruptly halted plans to release an American woman Saturday after more than a year in jail with two friends, dashing their mothers' hopes and pointing to the internal rivalries within Iran's leadership. The about-face was an embarrassment to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,... Read More
EU decries 'barbaric' plans to stone Iranian woman
Published: Tue, Sep 7, 2010
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The international crossfire over Iran's stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery intensified Tuesday with a top European Union official calling it "barbaric" and an Iranian spokesman saying it's about punishing a criminal and not a human rights issue. The sharp words from both sides... Read More
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