Oklahoma to pay $300,000 in legal fees after 'preemptively' banning Sharia law (Click here to read more)
By Scott KaufmanWednesday, May 21, 2014 9:32 EDT
The state of Oklahoma has been ordered to pay more than $300,000 to the plaintiffs who sued after the "Save Our State Amendment" banning Sharia law was overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2010.
Defenders of the amendment claimed that it was intended to prevent Islamic Sharia law from being used in Oklahoma courtrooms. Muneer Awad, the director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), claimed that a law specifically banning Sharia law would violate the First Amendment's prohibition on the government favoring one religion over another.
He argued that the "Save Our State Amendment" would prevent his will from being probated because it contained references to Islam and Islamic law, and the courts agreed with him.
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