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To me, binding or not isn't the issue. The issue that sharia law is being used in any fashion in the United States of America. City in Michigan First to Fully Implement Sharia Law In a surprise weekend vote, the city council of Dearborn, Michigan voted 4-3 to became the first US city to officially implement all aspects of Sharia Law. The tough new law, slated to go into effect January 1st, addresses secular law including crime, politics and economics as well as personal matters such as sexual intercourse, fasting, prayer, diet and hygiene. The new law could see citizens stoned for adultery or having a limb amputated for theft. Lesser offenses, such as drinking alcohol or abortion, could result in flogging and/or caning. In addition, the law imposes harsh laws with regards to women and allows for child marriage. Some in town seem to welcome the new legislation while others have denounced the move as “abhorrent”, a threat to freedom and incompatible with the Constitution. When asked by National Report about the need for such a law, local resident Jeremy Ahmed stated: “It is because of our need that Allah the Almighty, in all his generosity, has created laws for us, so that we can utilize them to obtain justice. We hope to see other cities taking this action in the face of the governments inaction of passing such legislation”. - See more at: http://nationalreport.net/city-michigan-first-fully-implement-sharia-law/#sthash.p5PrYChg.dpuf

Sharia can be used as a form of contract law, within the confines set by civil and criminal law. It cannot replace or circumvent local, state or Federal law.

The situation you cite in Dearborn is substantially different than in Texas. The Dearborn example entails the wholesale replacement of civil and criminal law. TX is the use of Sharia in the context of contract law.

Now having said that, there’s no way I’d ever, personally, sign anything (contracts, etc) that made me subject to Sharia. Nor would I encourage anyone else to do so. But if two or more parties want to use the portions of it that are legally permissable (under local, state and Federal law) as the basis for contracts and dispute resolution? Thats their business, not mine.