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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Florida Appeals Court Affirms Use of Sharia Law To Determine Whether Arbitration Is Enforceable
UPI reported yesterday that a Florida state appeals court has affirmed without opinion a decision of a state trial court that Islamic law can be used in deciding whether to enforce an arbitration award between a mosque and certain trustees of the mosque who had been removed from office. The trial court limited use of Sharia law to the question of whether Islamic dispute resolution procedures have been followed in the arbitration.. (See prior posting.)