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05-26-2007, 04:36 PM
Or any religious text, judge says (http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/24/america/NA-GEN-US-Quran-Courtroom.php)
Witnesses and jurors being sworn in at North Carolina courthouses can take their oath on the Quran or any other religious text,a judge ruled Thursday following a legal challenge that argued limiting the oath to the Bible alone was unconstitutional.
The ruling came after the American Civil Liberties Union argued that restricting the oaths to the Bible favored Christianity over other religions.
The question surfaced after Muslims tried to donate copies of the Quran to Guilford County's two courthouses. Two judges declined to accept the texts, saying that taking an oath on the Quran was illegal under state law.
Witnesses and jurors being sworn in at North Carolina courthouses can take their oath on the Quran or any other religious text,a judge ruled Thursday following a legal challenge that argued limiting the oath to the Bible alone was unconstitutional.
The ruling came after the American Civil Liberties Union argued that restricting the oaths to the Bible favored Christianity over other religions.
The question surfaced after Muslims tried to donate copies of the Quran to Guilford County's two courthouses. Two judges declined to accept the texts, saying that taking an oath on the Quran was illegal under state law.