Gov. Greg Abbott wants local and state officials to investigate Islamic mediation groups operating in Collin and Dallas counties.
Abbott sent a letter Wednesday to the district attorneys and sheriffs of both counties asking to work with Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Freeman Martin in probing certain entities that may be “masquerading” as legal courts that “carry the authority to bind individuals to Islamic code, thereby preempting state and federal laws.”
Abbott points to Islamic Tribunal in Dallas, which he referred to as “Sharia courts” acting as courts of law while not having the jurisdiction to do so…