In a letter sent to the officials on Wednesday, Abbott pointed to the Islamic Tribunal, launched in Dallas in 2014. He said the group had set up a rival court system to illegally enforce Shariah law.
Community members gather after a funeral prayer service for Sabika Sheikh at the Brand Lane Islamic Center in Stafford, Texas in 2018. Illustration.(photo credit: JONATHAN BACHMAN/REUTERS)ByADRIAN ASHFORD/THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS/TNS, TNS
