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Muneer Awad

Palestinian-American political activist

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Nov 5, 2025
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Have any U.S. states or localities legally barred Muslims from office and were those laws challenged?

The claim that U.S. states or localities have legally barred Muslims from holding public office is ; courts and scholars document discriminatory measures and tests that targeted religion but do not id...

Dec 19, 2025
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What legal challenges and court rulings have affected state laws banning sharia law?

Federal courts have repeatedly blocked or curtailed state efforts to single out “Sharia” or broadly ban foreign religious law, finding such measures often unconstitutional or unnecessary; the best-doc...

Jan 15, 2026

What legal challenges succeeded against state 'anti‑Sharia' or foreign‑law bans, and on what grounds?

Federal courts successfully blocked and ultimately struck down high-profile state measures banning "Sharia" or broadly forbidding foreign or religious law, most notably Oklahoma’s 2010 State Question ...

Jan 10, 2026

Which court cases besides Oklahoma challenged anti‑Sharia or ALAC‑style laws and what were their rulings?

Several high‑profile legal fights over anti‑Sharia and American Laws for American Courts (ALAC) model laws culminated in a decisive federal appeal in the Oklahoma matter, but reporting and legal summa...

Dec 21, 2025

What civil or criminal cases tested state bans on sharia law and what were the outcomes?

Federal and state litigation over so‑called “bans on Sharia” has centered less on criminal prosecutions and more on constitutional challenges to statutes and ballot amendments; the most prominent test...