[JURIST] The Florida House of Representatives [official website] approved a bill [text, PDF] Thursday that would ban the use of religious or foreign law in legal decisions and contracts. The bill, which passed 92-24, would effectively ban the use of Sharia, as well as any other religious law, when dealing with issues such as divorce. This has led some to raise concerns of the validity of such ceremonies performed based on religious traditions. The bill will now pass to the...

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