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Arizona Senate Republicans advance bill to ban Sharia law

FILE - Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs delivers her State of the State address at the state Capitol, Jan. 8, 2024, in Phoenix. Arizona Senate Republicans advanced a bill this week that would ban Sharia law in the state, though opponents say everything mentioned in the law is already illegal.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Ross D. Franklin

PHOENIX — State lawmakers are moving to make recognition of Sharia law by any court in Arizona illegal, but they could not agree on exactly what it is — and whether any such law can be used here.

Arizona law already makes unenforceable any “foreign law” here. That is defined as any law, rule or legal code or system other than the federal or state constitutions and any ratified treaties of the United States.

What Senate Bill 1018 would do is specifically add Sharia law to what cannot be recognized.

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