Advocacy group blasts speaker on foreign law bill

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling for a speaker invited to testify to Alaska House Judiciary Committee to be pulled from Wednesday’s lineup.

Council spokesman Ibrahim Hooper says Pamela Geller, head of advocacy group Stop Islamization of America, should not be allowed to testify on House Bill 88 because of what he calls her anti-Muslim rhetoric.

Geller didn’t immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment.

The bill from Rep. Carl Gatto, a Republican from Palmer, would prohibit the use of any foreign law in state courts if it infringes on a person’s constitutional rights.

Gatto also wasn’t immediately available for comment. He previously has said that the measure is designed to guard against Islamic Sharia law.

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