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  • Judge receives threats after being sworn in on Koran

    12/18/2015 2:01:08 PM PST · by EveningStar · 71 replies
    New York Post ^ | December 17, 2015 | Tina Moore and Bob Fredericks
    The NYPD hate-crimes unit is investigating threats made to a Brooklyn Civil Court judge who was sworn in on a Koran, The Post has learned. Judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo got two calls at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the courthouse on Schermerhorn Street, law enforcement sources said on Wednesday ... David Bookstaver, a spokesman for the state's courts, said judges need only swear an oath of office that they will uphold the law, and that there are no requirements to use a religious text. "You can be sworn in on a comic book. You don't need to sign in on anything; you...
  • Carolyn Walker-Diallo, Muslim judge, sworn in on Koran in Brooklyn

    12/16/2015 8:11:46 AM PST · by yoe · 64 replies
    Daily News ^ | December 16, 2015 | Leonard Greene
    A routine municipal ceremony has become seeped in controversy after a Brooklyn Civil Court judge was sworn in using a Koran. Carolyn Walker-Diallo, who was elected last month in Brooklyn’s 7th Municipal District, took her oath of office Thursday using the holy book of Islam as a testament to her Muslim faith. The swearing-in session went off without a hitch, but after attendees posted video of the ceremony to social media, the backlash became so severe that some of Walker-Diallo’s supporters became concerned for her safety.