Review of a recent case in the State of New Jersey reveals that Shariah Law is already being considered in US courts.
Among the cases cited was one from New Jersey in which a wife sought a restraining order against her husband because of spouse abuse.
“S.D. (the wife) and M.J.R. (the husband) were both Muslims and citizens of Morocco and both resided in New Jersey. After only three months of marriage, husband began physically abusing wife. The physical abuse administered by husband injured wife’s entire body including her breasts and pubic area,” the report said. “Additionally, husband forced himself on wife and had non-consensual sex with her on multiple occasions. Husband stated to wife that Islam allowed him to have sex with her at any time he wished. Wife asked the trial court to grant a restraining order against husband shortly after he verbally divorced her in front of their imam,” the report said.
The trial court refused to issue a final restraining order against husband finding that, although the husband had harassed and assaulted his wife, the husband believed it was his religious right to have non-consensual sex with his wife and that belief precluded any criminal intent on the part of the husband.
Rightly, the New Jersey appellate court reversed the trial court and ordered that the trial court enter a final restraining order against the husband. The New Jersey appellate court stated that the trial court erroneously allowed the husband’s religious beliefs to excuse him from New Jersey’s criminal code and that the husband knowingly engaged in non-consensual sex with wife.
There also are details on 19 more of the “Top Cases” and a summary of 50 cases from 23 states that have used Shariah as the basis for the court decisions.
The problem here is that as American Center for Law and Justice Shariah expert Shaheryar Gill said in the prominent New Jersey case, “the judge actually looked at Shariah law to decide.”
Gill added, “In the case of S.D. v. M.J.R., the New Jersey appellate court rightly refused to accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of a Muslim man who physically, verbally, and sexually abused his wife in accordance with Shariah.”
Shariah is incompatible with the United States precedents.
It provides a legal framework for violence up to and including legalized murder against apostates (people who have left Islam), homosexuals, blasphemers and especially women accused of various crimes.
Atlas Shrugs publisher and Islam analyst Pamela Geller says that Islamic law cited as the basis for any American court decision shows that the American legal system is turning a dangerous corner.
“It is setting a very dangerous precedent. Shariah law and U.S. law conflict in numerous ways, including on issues of freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and equality of rights for women. Allowing Shariah to be a determining factor in U.S. courtrooms threatens those rights for all of us,” Geller said.
***Ed Randazzo, is a nationally syndicated author. He has been a conservative activist and consultant for over 30 years and is currently the Chief News Editor of Life and Liberty Media***
