Skip to main content  Federal court blocks Oklahoma ban on
Sharia  By Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court Producer updated 4:55
PM EST, Tue January 10, 2012 A federal court has blocked a
measure in Oklahoma that would prevent that state's judges from
considering Islamic law when making decisions.   • Federal
appeals court blocks an Oklahoma voter-approved measure   • The
measure would ban state judges from considering Islamic,
international law   • Council of American-Islamic Relations says
measure violates First Amendment freedoms   • Legislator on
possibility of judge factoring in Sharia law: "It should scare
anyone"  (CNN) -- A federal appeals court has blocked an
Oklahoma voter-approved measure barring state judges from
considering Islamic and international law in their decisions.
The three-judge panel at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
upheld an earlier injunction preventing State Question 755 from
being certified until the free speech questions are resolved.
The decision Tuesday allows a lawsuit broug