Throughout the discussion which featured the gavel of Mayor Gerry Friedel to subdue reactions from those in attendance and contested discourse between members of the Fountain Hills Town Council, the majority ruled no direction on regulations on Sharia law.
The Oct. 20 meeting drew town residents and nonresidents as well as those from the Arizona chapter of the Council for American Islamic Relations.
An ordinance prohibiting Sharia law was requested by Councilman Allen Skillicorn during a September meeting, though he clarified his stance.
