Muneer Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Oklahoma Chapter has filed a lawsuit against the state a few days after voters approved a measure by a 70% majority that instructs judges to ignore international law and Sharia law when adjudicating cases;<\/p>\n
But Muneer Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma who filed the lawsuit, said that the measure is unnecessary because there is no threat of an Islamic takeover of state courts. Muslims make up only 30,000 of the state’s nearly 4 million residents \u2013 less than 1 percent.<\/p>\n
Awad said the measure violates his First Amendment right to freedom of religion because it singles out Islam. He said the measure is just another way to politically savage Muslims. <\/p>\n
The Islamic community in Oklahoma has complained about the past actions of the state legislature, including a proposal to forbid Muslim women from wearing head garments in driver’s license photos and refusing to accept a Koran from a Muslim advisory council at an official state ceremony.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If the law is so unnecessary, what’s the problem with it? <\/p>\n
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