OKLAHOMA CITY — A proposed constitutional amendment that would ban Oklahoma courts from considering international or Islamic law discriminates against religions, and a Muslim community leader has the right to challenge its constitutionality, a federal appeals court said Tuesday. The court in Denver upheld U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange’s order blocking implementation of the amendment…
HACKENSACK — The city swore in two new police officers Tuesday, including the department’s first Muslim member. Mohammad Sheikh, 24, joins the department after four years in Paterson, where he was among 125 officers laid off last April. Both officers said they hoped to add to the department’s diversity. Sheikh, who speaks Arabic and was…
Just over a year ago, Saiid Farhi, an Algerian, was flown home from the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after a federal court ordered his release. No one has left since. The string of victories that Guantanamo detainees enjoyed in U.S. District Court has been reversed by the federal appeals court in Washington….
