Tilly
Platinum Member
I don't know who Alex Jones is and have never listened to Hannity. Sharia law is a reality in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, where I live. It started innocuously enough, but now runs as a parallel legal system. People here thought it couldn't happen too.And that helps women who are oppressed and who won't avail themselves of our 'man made' laws not one iota. That's the problem with parallel legal systems under which women are abused and frightened.This is how many muslim women are abused by sharia courts in Europe and its proved to be the thin edge of the wedge. They are threatened and ostracised if they decide they need recourse to the law of the land so they suffer the Islamic rulings in silence. Better to nip it in the bud as Texas appears to be doing, imho.Again you're wrong. You can write in anything you want but clauses which violate the written laws of the jurisdiction, are unenforceable.
Every contract contains a provision which reads:
"This agreement is written and is to construed with the laws of [insert jurisdiction here i.e. the State of Texas]. If any clause contained herein is found to be at variance with such laws, such clause shall be deleted from this agreement. "
In English, it says that any part of the contract which does not conform to the written law of the jurisdiction named, is not enforceable.
There is a slight nuance here. If two parties agree to arbitration, the arbitrators judgement or ruling does not have to conform or be based on the law.
Threatening someone because they take recourse in the law is already illegal. Has been for a long time.
Sharia is not a parallel legal system in the US. It cannot become one, before or after that silly Texas crap. People like Alex Jones and Hannity have convinced you that it has a possibility of becoming a parallel system, but they were just lying to stir up the weak minded and the crazies.
There have been instances where US judges have taken into account sharia law and no doubt there are people who want that stopped asap.
I applaud Texas and the other states who are making sure sharia can make no inroads, particularly in family law.