OKLAHOMA CITY – The FBI said it is hoping surveillance video will help lead them to a pair of vandals who targeted an Oklahoma City mosque last weekend. The American Muslim Association on the 3200 block of N.W. 48th St. was damaged when the suspects spray painted racial slurs and other graffiti on the walls. FBI agents tell us they are investigating … [Read more...] about FBI searching for Mosque vandals in possible hate crime
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Boston mosque cancels Friday prayer, condemns terrorism
U.S. Muslim leaders fear a backlash after the Boston bombing suspects were identified as Muslim. The largest Islamic worship center in New England, the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, announced on its website Friday that it was closed until further notice after a reportin The Boston Globe said one of the Boston Marathon bombers had worshiped at an affiliated … [Read more...] about Boston mosque cancels Friday prayer, condemns terrorism
Oklahoma Senate panel approves bill prohibiting judges from basing decisions on foreign law
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma lawmakers are considering banning judges in the state from basing any rulings on foreign laws, including Islamic Sharia law. A Senate panel on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the bill, which has broad support in the Republican-controlled Legislature. The bill would specifically make void and unenforceable any court, arbitration or administrative … [Read more...] about Oklahoma Senate panel approves bill prohibiting judges from basing decisions on foreign law
Bans on court use of sharia/international law: heavily modified bills introduced in 2013, exempts contracts, Native American tribes, avoids using word “sharia”
This year’s batch of bans of sharia/international law use by state courts looks very different than those of the past several years. After criticism that a) past versions would effectively cripple businesses who have to sign international contracts and b) that bans on references to the law and court decisions of other nations would make the judicial determinations of tribal … [Read more...] about Bans on court use of sharia/international law: heavily modified bills introduced in 2013, exempts contracts, Native American tribes, avoids using word “sharia”
US Air Force veteran, finally allowed to fly into US, is now banned from flying back home
Secret, unaccountable no-fly lists are one of many weapons the US government uses to extra-judicially punish American Muslims OKLAHOMA CITY — A Muslim U.S. Air Force veteran, who had trouble entering the country last year to visit his ailing mother, was barred Wednesday from boarding a flight in Oklahoma City to return to his home in Qatar. Saadiq Long, an American … [Read more...] about US Air Force veteran, finally allowed to fly into US, is now banned from flying back home