After three years of litigation, a federal district court last month struck down Oklahoma's 2010 anti-Sharia amendment. But don't let this development fool you. The anti-Sharia movement is alive and well in the United States — and more mobilized than ever.
Since 2010, nearly 30 states have considered bills that would prohibit state courts from referencing Islamic law in their decisions. One of the most recent skirmishes in the ongoing legislative battle transpired in July with the North Carolina Legislature passing its own anti-Sharia law, making it the seventh state to do so. And the war rages on: Alabama's proposed anti-Sharia law will appear on the ballot in 2014.
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