Oklahoma's top lawyer at center of fight over Shariah

by Omar Sacirbey
The Christian Century
December 13, 2010

https://www.legal-project.org/966/oklahoma-top-lawyer-at-center-of-fight-over

Excerpt:

(RNS) Backers of a referendum that would bar Oklahoma courts from considering Islamic law admit they suffered a setback when a federal judge issued a temporary injunction against the measure last month.

But they are pinning their hopes on Attorney General-elect Scott Pruitt, a minor league baseball team owner and former state senator who has already made a big mark on religious laws in Oklahoma.

"This is just round one," said Jordan Sekulow, an attorney at the American Center for Law & Justice, a conservative legal firm advising Oklahoma state Sen. Anthony Sykes, who co-authored the anti-Shariah amendment.

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