1 Shariah debate rages on.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

A Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the injunction against Oklahoma's constitutional amendment that prohibits state courts from considering international or Shariah (Islamic) law when deciding cases. More than 70 percent of the voters passed it in 2010. The court upheld the injunction because the amendment specifically targets Shariah law, even though supporters "did not know of even a single instance where an Oklahoma court had applied Shariah law ..." The First Amendment's establishment clause prohibits...