Florida Judge Orders Use of Islamic Law in Mosque Case

by Newsmax Wires
Newsmax
March 23, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1236/florida-judge-orders-use-of-islamic-law-in-mosque

Excerpt:

TAMPA — A Tampa judge is under fire after ruling that he will follow Islamic law in a case against a local mosque that ultimately could decide who controls $2.2 million in state money.

Hillsborough Circuit Judge Richard Nielsen said he will decide in a lawsuit against a local mosque, the Islamic Education Center of Tampa, " whether the parties in the litigation properly followed the teachings of the Koran in obtaining an arbitration decision from an Islamic scholar," tampabay.com reports.

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