BAN ON OKLA. ANTI-ISLAM AMENDMENT EXTENDED

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on November 22 announced that a federal judge in Oklahoma has extended a restraining order barring certification of an anti-Islam state ballot measure (SQ 755) passed in the November 2 election. If certified, SQ 755 would have amended that state’s constitution to forbid judges from considering Islamic principles or international law when deciding a case. Following a hearing in Oklahoma City, U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange of the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma ruled that the temporary restraining order she granted on November 8 barring certification of the amendment by the Oklahoma State Board of Elections will remain in place until she makes a final decision – no later than November 29 – as to whether it should be extended until the case against SQ 755 is resolved.