Add to ORKGIn November 2010, a proposal was passed to amend Section 1 of Article VII of the Oklahoma State Constitution to prevent considering Sharia Law in making judicial decisions as well as international law. This amendment is being challenged in the court by Muslims and a temporary restraining order has been granted. In this paper, I will show, in contrast to what Oklahoma legislators wanted to enact, how Islamic law of 1400 years ago provided freedom of application of personal law for religious minorities more than any other legal system. Although other legal systems provide one type of freedom or another, no other legal system extends the freedom to the criminal law sphere. Moreover, one of the unique features of Islamic law is to allow religio...
There is a rising interest in our academy in the study of constitutional states, particularly in the...
There is a rising interest in our academy in the study of constitutional states, particularly in the...
This article examines the implementation of shari'ah bylaws as a response to the regional autonomy l...
In November 2010, a proposal was passed to amend Section 1 of Article VII of the Oklahoma State Cons...
In November 2010, a proposal was passed to amend Section 1 of Article VII of the Oklahoma State Cons...
In November 2010, a proposal was passed to amend Section 1 of Article VII of the Oklahoma State Cons...
Appropriate legal accommodations for religious minorities can support their integration into America...
America has long been seen as the capital of religious freedom and individual rights. In recent year...
The U.S. Muslim population, although currently only comprising one percent of all Americans, is on t...
It seems likely that change in Islam will be affected both by outside and internal sources, as was t...
The issue of how U.S. courts should apply Islamic law is complicated by the various meanings that ca...
The issue of how U.S. courts should apply Islamic law is complicated by the various meanings that ca...
At the beginning of 2014, about a dozen states introduced or re-introduced bills to ban the use of S...
The article analyses the judicial reasoning employed by the religious courts in giving decisions on ...
Recently, legislators have proposed, discussed, and passed various laws that aimed to limit the use ...
There is a rising interest in our academy in the study of constitutional states, particularly in the...
There is a rising interest in our academy in the study of constitutional states, particularly in the...
This article examines the implementation of shari'ah bylaws as a response to the regional autonomy l...
In November 2010, a proposal was passed to amend Section 1 of Article VII of the Oklahoma State Cons...
In November 2010, a proposal was passed to amend Section 1 of Article VII of the Oklahoma State Cons...
In November 2010, a proposal was passed to amend Section 1 of Article VII of the Oklahoma State Cons...
Appropriate legal accommodations for religious minorities can support their integration into America...
America has long been seen as the capital of religious freedom and individual rights. In recent year...
The U.S. Muslim population, although currently only comprising one percent of all Americans, is on t...
It seems likely that change in Islam will be affected both by outside and internal sources, as was t...
The issue of how U.S. courts should apply Islamic law is complicated by the various meanings that ca...
The issue of how U.S. courts should apply Islamic law is complicated by the various meanings that ca...
At the beginning of 2014, about a dozen states introduced or re-introduced bills to ban the use of S...
The article analyses the judicial reasoning employed by the religious courts in giving decisions on ...
Recently, legislators have proposed, discussed, and passed various laws that aimed to limit the use ...
There is a rising interest in our academy in the study of constitutional states, particularly in the...
There is a rising interest in our academy in the study of constitutional states, particularly in the...
This article examines the implementation of shari'ah bylaws as a response to the regional autonomy l...