A ruling from a state appeals court has reopened a case prompted because a Muslim woman wanted to use a Quran – a book that an expert on Islam says allows Muslims to lie under compulsion – on which to swear her oath of honesty in a court hearing.
The lawsuit was filed by Sydiah Mateen with help from the American Civil Liberties Union in 2005 after she was denied permission to use a Quran to take the courtroom oath in a case in North Carolina.
Requirements vary from state to state, but North Carolina requires an oath either with a hand on the "Holy Scriptures" or by swearing by God they are telling the truth....
Dr. David P Murray | 11/12/2006
