Restricting Use of Shariah in U.S. Courts - Rasouli v. Sunnybrook

Three states have already enacted measures that ban or restrict the use of Shariah in their courts.  Seventeen other states are considering similar measures.  (Gavel to Gavel)  This could have some material impact on end-of-life disputes because sometimes tsurrogates demand continued aggressive treatment because the patient follows Shariah law.  

For such patients, a surrogate replacement mechanism like the CCB will not work.  In these cases the surrogate not acceding to the provider's treatment plan is asserting the patient's own religious beliefs.  Indeed, physicians have typically lost CCB cases with Muslim patients.  And it is this limitation of the CCB approach that is being challenged in the Rasouli v. Sunnybrook case in Ontario.