http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/11/30/ok-election-board-seeks-appeal-shariah-law-ruling
Oklahoma set forth a new ban on the implementation of Shariah Law within the state. This preliminary injunction will mean that courts are only to be in accordance with US federal and state laws, to prevent the usage of Shariah Law in courthouses in Oklahoma.
However this is seen by the Muslim community as a hostile government message toward religious beliefs, and can be seen as an infringement on the First Amendment (allowing right to freedom of religion). Shariah Law is the Muslim law system set forth in the Koran and Muslims are expected to abide by it and to be judged in courthouses under Shariah Law.
One week after the preliminary injunction on the use of Shariah Law in Oklahoman courthouses, a hearing on the preliminary injunction was called. This brought in Muslim scholars and Imams to clarify that Shariah Law is not meant to be literally interpreted as a law system, but rather is comprised more of guiding principles (similar to the ten commandments of Christianity). This is done to prevent the fearmongering and the usage of extreme examples (I.e the Taliban's medieval interpretation of Shariah Law) that the state is using to pass the preliminary injunction.
The two articles both discussed the banning of Shariah Law in Oklahoma state, with the article from Fox News focuses on the justification for passing the injunction and the Islamic article stating how the American perspective on Islam is only that of extremism. Islam played a different role in both articles. In the Western article it acted as a potential legal concern, having a different legal system operating in the same state (especially one that contains values that are alien to the US). While in the Muslim article Islam is something that is being generalized and associated with terrorism and as such the majority of Muslims are attempting to dispel that notion.
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