Oklahoma Bans Shari'ah... Arts Censorship... ?
On Tuesday, Oklahoma voters overwhelming approved a change in the state constitution banning judges in state court from considering international law in general, and Islamic law in particular. Measure 755 "forbids courts from considering or using Sharia Law." Of course, existing law already doesn't permit that and Islamic civil rights activists say the 30,000 Muslims in the state have never advocated for it. Is this one more example of how Islamaphobia is gripping the USA as argued by religious rights advocate Haroon Moghul? The Council on American-Islamic Relations and the ACLU plan to challenge the law as unconstitutional. On the other hand, is it a positive step toward protecting freedom of expression as argued by Islamic artists in the UK in an upcoming exhibition in London entitled, Passion for Freedom of Art?
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