And So It Begins: In Texas!

I love Texas.  My uncle lived there, and my brother does still.  I love the Lone Star state for having the intestinal fortitude to defy the regressive, socialist, statist mindset that permeates the country today. I love Texas: big, open, and self reliant.  Except for Austin, of course.  Warts and all. 

But a troubling crack in the Texas - and American - culture can be seen as Texas, where a "voluntary" Islamic Tribune has been set up to implement Sharia Law in conjunction with American Constitutional law in non-binding dispute resolution.  Right.  How's Sharia Law working out in the UK, where some years ago, this same "voluntary" court system was implemented, and has now morphed into a parallel legal system.  But recently, among growing concerns about Sharia law, the Untied Kingdom's Independent stated in April 2012 “some Sharia law bodies have been misrepresented by the media as being transparent, voluntary and operating in accordance with human rights and equality legislation. This is not the case. Many Sharia law bodies rule on a range of disputes from domestic violence to child residence all of which should be dealt with by UK courts of law.” Instead, “they operate within a misogynist and patriarchal framework which is incompatible with UK legislation."  No kidding.  One of the Texas Sharia tribunal judges, attorney Dr. Taher El-bawqadai, when asked what he would do when Islamic law conflicted with American law said: “We follow Sharia law.”  

One can sympathize with the urge to embrace Sharia's misogynous treatment of women in retaliation to recent American culture, wherein men have been emasculated to a point of almost being irrelevant, aside from breeding purposes.  I've reported extensively on feminist vitriol here and here.  Many women, at least those not consumed with misandry, recognize this trend as well, and openly yearn for the return of the stereotypical strong, silent type of man. Metrosexuals have have their day, and thankfully are on the extinction list.

The Ultimate Goal

There you have it.  We have an enemy within.  Yet the objection to Sharia law most evident in today's media is the standing of females under the law.  Given the core of the ideology of Islam, that is, a return to a pre-industrial, unenlightened 7th century Mideastern lifestyle, I would think that that would be one of the last concerns facing us.  Life, religion, culture and politics in 622 AD is considerably removed from the same in AD 2015.  Yet Islam would have you believe that theirs is the one true path, a purification of Judeo-Christian teachings and belief.  If you disagree, you can pay homage as a dhimmi, or die.

But, as cancers usually do, they start small, unseen and benign.  But more than often they metastasize and ultimately kill their host.