On Nov. 19, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked North Texas law enforcement officials to alert his office of any “possible criminal violations by Sharia tribunals masquerading as legal courts,” according to NBC News affiliate KXAN. The governor’s move came just one day after Abbott accused the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) of supporting terrorism and extremism.
CAIR is a civil rights NGO and lobbyist group that describes itself as working “on behalf of Muslims and others who have experienced religious discrimination, defamation or hate crimes,” and to combat negative stereotypes of American Muslims and Islam.
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But Abbot’s Nov. 19 order might be more concerned with a group called the Islamic Tribunal, according to KXAN. Reportedly, this self-described tribunal primarily handles the religious aspects of Muslim divorces, without claiming any jurisdiction over Texas civil affairs.
“The U.S. Constitution’s religious protections provide no authority for religious courts to skirt state and federal laws,” Abbot’s statement explained.
