Texas Judge Denies Woman's Divorce Proceedings, Orders Her to Appear in Sharia Tribunal

Tré Goins-Phillips : Jul 9, 2021
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Ayad's lawyer maintains she didn't know what she was agreeing to when signing the prenuptial agreement, and that it was signed under coercion and duress.

[Faithwire.com] A judge in Texas has ordered a Muslim woman seeking a divorce from her husband to appear in a tribunal governed by Sharia law. (Image: Pexels-Ahmet Polat)

Collin County District Judge Andrea Thompson ruled in March that Mariam Ayad must forego the justice system's legal paths for divorce and instead submit to mediation under a Fiqh panel governed by a Muslim group based in Saudi Arabia,Saudi Arabia, according to the Washington Examiner.

The judge based her decision on the fact that Ayad signed a prenuptial agreement with her husband, Ayad Hashim Latif, stating she would permit her marriage—if necessary—to be arbitrated by Sharia.

Court documents, however, suggest Ayad didn't know what she was signing when she endorsed the prenuptial agreement. She said she believed she was signing duplicate copies of her marriage acknowledgement form... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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