A New Jersey judge refused to grant a restraining order to a victim of domestic abuse because her husband’s Islamic religious law, aka Sharia, allows husbands to do whatever they want to their wives. 

Sharia is creeping into the American legal system, undermining U.S. law and replacing it with Sharia. Congress MUST pass H.R. 5722 & S. 3009, the “Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act,” before even one more misguided liberal judge imposes draconian Sharia here in America! 

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Sabira* was just 17 years old when she was forced into an arranged marriage with a man she had never met. One month after they were married in Morocco, her husband moved her to New Jersey. It likely saved her life — but not until after Sabira suffered incredible abuse.

Three months after she was married and just two months after emigrating to the U.S., Sabira’s husband began beating, raping, and imprisoning her in a locked room in the house. She was able to escape through a window. A neighbor noticed the bruised and bleeding girl and called the police who rushed her to the hospital.

But the husband’s imam convinced the girl to return to her abuser. For weeks, her husband again locked her in a room, starved her, and brutally raped and beat her nightly until she was able to escape once more. The police took her to the emergency room again, and this time, there was no way Sabira was ever going back to her violent husband of just six months.

In fear for her life, Sabira asked the court for a restraining order against her husband, begging the judge to “protect me from him.”

Sabira’s Moroccan-born husband’s ONLY defense for abusing his wife was that Islamic Law, Sharia, allowed him to do whatever he wanted to do to his wife. "This is according to our religion,” he said. “You are my wife, I c[an] do anything to you.” You won’t believe what happened next!  

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Democratic politician turned NJ Superior Court Judge Joseph Charles entertained testimony from the husband’s imam, which confirmed that the husband’s position was in line with Sharia.

In his ruling, Judge Charles admitted there was a preponderance of evidence proving Sabira’s husband had assaulted her, including emergency room reports and police documentation of abuse, including photos of Sabira’s bruised and bloodied body.  

But Judge Charles REFUSED to issue a restraining order to protect Sabira — because of her husband’s Islamic law!

Sabira would not receive a restraining order protecting her from her abuser until after a separate criminal court convicted her husband of domestic violence and sexual assault. Sabira’s life was at risk for nearly a year until her abuser was put in prison. 

Sharia is wholly incompatible with American law, and NO judge should EVER elevate foreign laws over U.S. law in an American court. But it keeps happening, and we must put a stop to it NOW before even one more woman is abused by Sharia.

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Sources:

“Rep. Roy Introduces Bill to Preserve America from Sharia Law.” Representative Chip Roy, October 8, 2025. Roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-roy-introduces-bill-preserve-america-sharia-law.

“S.D. v. M.J.R.” Justia. Accessed March 30, 2026. Law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-published/2010/a6107-08-opn.html.