Islamic Group Wants to Use Koran to Take Oath

An Islamic group is asking judges in North Carolina to allow people to use the Koran when taking an oath and claims that the use of the Bible represents an inappropriate state endorsement of religion."

This is a difficult issue because one might argue that taking an oath on a book to which one has no allegiance would give him an excuse not to be truthful. I believe that people who would use the object of the oath as an excuse would likely not choose to tell the truth anyway.

The bottom line is that this issue has to do with the desire of Islamic groups to replace the Judeo-Christian founding philosophy of our nation with Islam. And for that reason, I would oppose any replacement of the Bible with the Koran.