Islamic Sharia Law to Be Banned in, Oklahoma...

[SomaliGunner]

Oklahoma is poised to become the first state in the nation to ban state judges from relying on Islamic law known as Sharia when deciding cases.


A Sharia law official whips a man convicted of gambling with a rattan cane during a public caning in...
(Heri Juanda/AP Photo)
The ban is a cornerstone of a "Save our State" amendment to the Oklahoma constitution that was recently approved by the Legislature.

The amendment -- which also would forbid judges from using international laws as a basis for decisions -- will now be put before Oklahoma's voters in November. Approval is expected.

Oklahoma has few Muslims – only 30,000 out of a population of 3.7 million. The prospect of sharia being applied there seems remote. But a chief architect of the measure, Republican State Rep. Rex Duncan, calls the proposed ban a necessary "preemptive strike" against Islamic law coming to the state.

"I see this in the future somewhere in America," Duncan, who chairs the state House Judiciary Committee, told ABC News. "It's not an imminent threat in Oklahoma yet, but it's a storm on the horizon in other states."

Sharia – which means "path" in Arabic – governs many aspects of Muslim life and influences the legal code in a majority of Muslim countries.

[SultanOrder]

What is the logic of these people. For sharia law to be applied you need to have a muslim majority, and by then all this would be useless, I think it's a ploy to ban International law so big companies can use that to their advantage.

[SomaliGunner]

What is the logic of these people. For sharia law to be applied you need to have a muslim majority, and by then all this would be useless, I think it's a ploy to ban International law so big companies can use that to their advantage.

and is in the southern most red neck american lol....
they didnt have any prop. to but on so they tought bout shuria law...

[nomadicwarlord]

Oklahoma
Population
3,600,000

Religion
Evangelical protestant -53%
Protestant 13%
Catholics 13%
Other 6% (Jews,Muslims)
Muslims 0.8%
10 Caribbean rastas.

A lawsuit will definitely ensue following the ban.

Did Al-Shabaab spokesperson comment on this?

[James Dahl]

I'm not sure what the point of this is but this is Oklahoma we're talking about.