Sabira* was just 17 years old when she was forced into an arranged marriage with a man she had never even met before. One month after they were married in Morocco, her husband moved her to New Jersey. Their move likely saved her life — but not until after Sabira had suffered incredible abuse.

Three months after Sabira was married, and just two months after emigrating to the U.S., Sabira’s husband began beating her, then raping her, and imprisoning her in a locked room in the house. She was able to escape through a window. A neighbor noticed the bruised and bleeding girl, and called the police who rushed her to the hospital.

But the husband’s imam convinced the girl to return to her abuser. As an immigrant herself, she agreed, for she had no one else to help her in her newly adopted land. For weeks, her husband again locked her in a room, this time starving her, as well as continuing the brutal rapes and beatings.

By some miracle, Sabira was able to escape once more. The police took her to the emergency room again. A kind nurse explained that Sabira did not have to return to her abuser and opened her own home so the girl would have a place to hide as she sought legal help.

In absolute fear for her life, Sabira asked the court for a restraining order against her husband, begging the judge to “protect me from him.”

Sabira’s Moroccan-born husband’s ONLY defense for abusing his wife was that Islamic law, Sharia, allowed him to do whatever he wanted to with his wife. "This is according to our religion,” he said. “You are my wife, I c[an] do anything to you.”

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Democratic politician turned NJ Superior Court Judge Joseph Charles entertained testimony from the husband’s imam, which confirmed that the husband’s position was in line with Sharia.

In his ruling, Judge Charles admitted there was a preponderance of evidence proving Sabira’s husband had assaulted her — including emergency room reports, police documentation of abuse, and photos of Sabira’s bruised and bloodied body.

But Judge Charles REFUSED to issue a restraining order to protect Sabira — because her husband’s religion allows husbands to do anything they want to their wives!

Sabira would not receive a restraining order protecting her from her abuser until after a separate criminal court convicted him of domestic violence and sexual assault. Sabira’s life was at risk for nearly a year until her abuser was put in prison, thanks to a leftist judge who thought Islamic Sharia was acceptable in a U.S. courtroom.

Sharia is wholly incompatible with American law, and NO judge should EVER take foreign laws into consideration in an American court case. But it keeps happening, and we must put a stop to it NOW before even one more woman is abused under Sharia.

PROTECT Women like Sabira! Tell Congress to BAN SHARIA! 

VOTE YES on H.R. 5722 & S. 3009.

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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.