Posted on 03/21/2015 9:30:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Excerpted from Mad World News: The first Islamic Sharia Court in the U.S. just got some very bad news, and Muslims are not happy.
In a close 5-4 vote, the city of Irving ruled to back the Texas state bill banning foreign law from the state. It basically would slam the door in their faces, preventing them from spreading Sharia throughout the country. Now they are accusing the city council of unfairly being targeted.
All four of the “voluntary” court’s lawyers were unlicensed in the state of Texas, a third degree felony. Mayor Beth Van Duyne received several phone calls on the matter. It seems that the Islamic Tribunal not only was unlicensed, but they failed to notify the city of their illegal court being operated in city limits. She promised to get to the bottom of it, and she did.
By their own website’s admission, if U.S. law conflicts with Sharia law, “we follow Sharia law.” It also openly admitted separate rules for men and women in their proceedings, discriminating and humiliating women which is against the U.S. Constitution. The Islamic Tribunal also openly declared that they hope will “set a precedence that will be emulated and duplicated throughout the country.”
The more the mayor looked into it, the more it was apparent that they were attempting to establish a foothold using her city. She made a public Facebook post stating that she would back the new Texas law. She states that it was apparent that Zia Sheikh, imam at the Islamic Center of Irving, and the other Imams were “bypassing American courts” to make rulings under Sharia. Sheikh demanded an apology and wanted her Facebook post removed, which stated she would “fight with every fiber of my being” if the group was violating basic rights.
heikh says he just “asked her to clarify a statement … which seemed very Islamophobic.”
“She flat-out refused,” he said. “She said, ‘My statement wasn’t inflammatory in any way, shape or form.’” (Dallas Morning News)
Her office then asked for them to support the American Laws for American Courts bill and to abide by the Constitution. Sheikh instead flew off the handle.
“We don’t care about the bill,” Sheikh said. “It’s not going to affect us in any way, shape or form. The bottom line is the foundation of this bill is anti-Islamic.” (Dallas Morning News)
The meeting was filled by Muslims from the Council for American-Islamic Relations, a known terrorist organization. They even tried to paint the vote as Islamaphobia and bigotry.
“This continues efforts by elected officials who seek to score points with their voting base by demonizing Muslims,” Alia Salem, who directs the North Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the City Council before Thursday’s vote. She said it had a choice between “diversity” and “hatred, fear and bigotry.” (Dallas Morning News)
The state bill doesn’t even mention Muslims or Islam. It states no specific foreign law. Keep reading
Pack the muslims off to Mars and let them
practice sharia law there!
They are paid to do so, lead by Barack.
What about the four dickheads that voted for it?
5-4 is not that impressive.
Dearbornistan, Michigan.
“The disturbing fact is the vote was 5-4.”
My thought as well. It should have been 9-0.
I have seen some disgusting troll posts in various “comments” sections that claim there are NO Sharia courts anywhere in the USA, and ridicule anyone who knows otherwise as a paranoid Fox News-guzzling idiot. THIS should shut those trolls up. Excellent article!
I am not nor never will I be subject to a “sharia court”. If you want this, go and subject yourself to ISIS.
Tar and feathers. Digusting excuse of human beings.
A warrant for the arrest of the unlicensed operators of a “court” with deportation following conviction will get the imam’s attention. Repeat as necessary.
As far as I know any American has the right to voluntarily sign up to have his disputes arbitrated by whomever he chooses, using whatever standard is agreed upon.
I’m no fan of sharia, but this is mediation or arbitration, it’s voluntary, it has no force of law whatsoever.
Judaism has rabbinic courts. The Catholic Church has canon law courts that handle tens of thousands of cases a year. Many Protestant groups also have church courts. Just as in the case of sharia, their rulings have no legal standing outside their organization, except possibly in cases where the parties have signed a binding arbitration agreement.
Sharia is not exactly the same as other religious courts, because of the special characteristics of Islam, but it’s close enough.
Islam is the only religion in the world today killing and torquing innocent people for their “God.” Everyone who follows Islam is a threat to freedom across the world.
That’s a hoax.
I agree...and am sadly dismayed.
Why is this even a question? We have established law in this land.
If a person doesn’t like it...go to a country where what they desire exists. Simple.
Canon law has nothing to do with civil law.
The 4 should be publicly shamed & embarrassed. Ask them whose side they are on when it comes to fighting the spread of Islam. I hope the people in the City of Irving, TX will do just that.
So how will they enforce Sharia Law? Gangs? ISIS?
Neither does sharia, in this country.
Not really. If you check Snopes they mention it but don’t refute it, because they can’t.
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