Mariam Ayad is a renowned archeologist and American citizen who has lived in our fair land for 30 years, with over a decade of that time as a resident of the freedom-loving state of Texas.

When she married a Muslim man in 2004, she excitedly signed the marriage documents and thought no more of them. Without her knowledge, her then husband had slipped an Islamic marriage contract into the marriage documents, telling her it was just a duplicate of the marriage certificate she had already signed.

She believed him. Seeing only the signature block, she signed her name, not knowing that the man she had just married had deceived her into signing away her rights as a United States citizen and resident of Texas, stating:

In case of any conflict to be solved by any court in the State of Texas or in USA or any country outside the USA, the court will solely apply Qur’anic rules, the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh), and Islamic Law (Fiqh) on the case. The law of the land will not be applied in these conflicts at all.

Mariam didn’t even realize this language existed until 2021, when she sought a divorce from a Texas court. Her husband’s attorneys hauled out the deceitfully gained marriage contract, and claimed she had already signed away her right to an American divorce and instead must stand before a Sharia tribunal.

Mariam’s lawyers protested. “In Islamic law, the rules concerning witness testimony discriminate between men and women,” said Mariam’s attorneys, noting the clear conflict between U.S. and Sharia law. In Sharia courts, “A woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man’s, according to the following instructions from the Quran: ‘And get two witnesses out of your own men, and if two men are not there then a man and two women,’” Mariam’s attorney continued, “so that if one makes a mistake, the other can remind her. Apparently, a man is presumed to be a competent witness, whereas a woman is not.”

Furthermore, under a Sharia tribunal, as a mere woman, Mariam would lose custody of her 6-year-old child.

Shockingly, the Texas family court judge in the case AGREED with the husband’s attorneys and ordered this woman to take her divorce case to a Sharia tribunal, governed by Saudi Arabian mullahs!

STOP Sharia from taking over our courts!

I don’t know what this judge was thinking, because any contract that violates or seeks to ignore U.S. law is VOID and UNENFORCABLE. No contract should EVER revoke an American citizen’s rights or supersede U.S. law.

Mariam had to fight all the way to the Texas Supreme Court to win back her rights as a U.S. citizen in this divorce case. She won, but the case shows just how far Sharia has spread across America, and why Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is trying to stop Sharia in its tracks.

Don’t let Sharia replace U.S. law. Fax Congress now and demand they VOTE YES on the Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act.

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Sources:

“Islamic Law Analyst Says Texas Judge’s Ruling Sending Muslim Woman’s Divorce to Sharia Tribunal Sets ‘Shocking Precedent.’” CBN, July 15, 2021. Cbn.com/news/us/islamic-law-analyst-says-texas-judges-ruling-sending-muslim-womans-divorce-sharia-tribunal.

Jackson, Jesse T. “Judge Defers to Islamic Sharia Law over U.S. Law Regarding Woman’s Divorce.” ChurchLeaders, July 9, 2021. Churchleaders.com/news/401159-judge-defers-to-muslim-sharia-law-over-u-s-law-regarding-womans-divorce.html.