Shafaqna English- Similar to other USA’s officials, the Texas’s Governor seeks to use Islamophobia for political advantage.
When, on November 19, Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for an official investigation into so-called “Sharia courts”, it was not based on evidence, complaints, or any legal irregularity. It was a political performance. There are no Sharia courts in Texas; only voluntary Muslim mediation panels operating under the same framework used by Jewish beth din courts and Christian arbitration services.
Yet in a letter sent to district attorneys and sheriffs demanding an investigation, Abbott wrote: “The Constitution’s religious protections provide no authority for religious courts to skirt state and federal laws simply by donning robes and pronouncing positions inconsistent with western civilization,” implying that Muslims were secretly building an alternative legal system.
Source: Aljazeera
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