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The issue of Sharia law and human rights is rippling around the world.
In the US state of Oklahoma, voters recently approved a proposal that forbids state courts from considering or using international laws, as well as Sharia, or Islamic law.
A US federal judge has suspended the certification of that change to the law because it might breach the constitutional rights of individual Muslims.
In Victoria, the Charter of Human Rights actually permits the use of international laws and judgments in applying the charter.