Nov. 8: Muneer Awad, executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma, talks to members of the media outside a Federal Courthouse in Oklahoma City. A federal judge in Oklahoma will decide whether to block a constitutional amendment that prohibits state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases. (AP)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A federal judge in Oklahoma will decide whether to block a constitutional amendment that prohibits state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases.
Monday's hearing is on a request for a preliminary injunction against the new amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution. The measure was approved by 70 percent of Oklahoma voters in the Nov. 2 general election.
It is being challenged in a lawsuit filed by Muneer Awad who is executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma. Awad alleges the measure stigmatizes his religion and would invalidate his will.
U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange issued a temporary restraining order against the measure on Nov. 8.
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