Alabama Joins Wave of States Banning Sharia Law

Alabama Joins Wave of States Banning Sharia Law | Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs:
"Alabama has become the seventh state to ban Sharia law via a ballot measure that prohibits its courts from considering foreign, international or religious law.
With 79 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday night, the ballot measure, called the “American and Alabama Laws and Alabama Courts Amendment,” passed overwhelmingly with 72 percent of voters in support.
The ban clarifies the state constitution to say that other state laws or foreign law cannot be used in ways that violate state law or rights under the Alabama Constitution or the U.S. Constitution.
In 2012, an unsuccessful ballot measure, also proposed by Republican state Sen. Gerald Allen, would have explicitly banned state courts from implementing Islamic Shariah law.

The Latest State to Try to Ban Foreign Law in CourtsSix states have similar foreign law bans, with North Carolina’s enacted most recently last year. 
The others are Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, South Dakota and Tennessee.
Missouri also passed a measure banning foreign law last year, but Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed the bill because of its potential impact on international adoptions.
Oklahoma’s voters approved a ban, which explicitly referred to Sharia law, in 2010. But this year, it was struck down by a federal appeals court for being discriminatory.
Still, the issue has permeated across the country:
All but 16 states have considered such a measure in the past five years."