by
Bob Unruh
A federal judge in Oklahoma has avoided making a determination on whether a police department order for officers to attend an Islamic event violated the constitutional religious rights of the officers.
In a 16-page opinion, Gregory Frizzell said no “reasonable jury” could have found Capt. Paul Fields “was personally ordered to attend” a Muslim mosque event.
The judge argued that Fields could have assigned someone else to attend instead of going himself.
The judge avoided the core First Amendment issues in the Tulsa dispute, stating, “The issue of whether a directive requiring his personal attendance at the event would have violated his First Amendment rights need not be decided here.”
In the case, spotlighted as an example of “creeping Shariah” in the United States, attorneys for Fields have explained that the officer was ordered to attend or have someone attend an event Muslims admitted was a religious service.
A federal judge in Oklahoma has avoided making a determination on whether a police department order for officers to attend an Islamic event violated the constitutional religious rights of the officers.
In a 16-page opinion, Gregory Frizzell said no “reasonable jury” could have found Capt. Paul Fields “was personally ordered to attend” a Muslim mosque event.
The judge avoided the core First Amendment issues in the Tulsa dispute, stating, “The issue of whether a directive requiring his personal attendance at the event would have violated his First Amendment rights need not be decided here.”
In the case, spotlighted as an example of “creeping Shariah” in the United States, attorneys for Fields have explained that the officer was ordered to attend or have someone attend an event Muslims admitted was a religious service.
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