Recently it came to light that there is an Islamic Tribunal court that is active in North Texas, who is already in trouble for describing members of its ranks as “lawyers” when they have not passed the bar. In the age of ISIS and heightened awareness of Islamofascism across the globe Americans are very wary of anything that might suggest that Sharia’h, or Islamic law, is taking root in the U.S. Frankly, I see this wariness as a good thing. It makes us more vigilant against the very real threat that exists within the borders of our nation and that is the threat of sharia’h law gaining parity with American law. People did not think it could happen in Britain, and eventually Sharia’h courts gained parity with British courts. Now, the ruling dictated by a Sharia’h court is given the same legal weight as those handed down by the Queen’s courts. This past summer a Muslim reporter in London wrote an article that said that banning Sharia’h law courts in Britain would harm British Muslim women. This seems odd to me since Sharia’h law, by its very nature is anti-woman. After all Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), forced child marriage (and subsequent child rape) and even marital rape are all accepted practices within Sharia’h law.