First of all, there has been no legislation passed in North Carolina this year regarding Sharia Law or any other foreign laws.
There is, however, a law from 2013 which bans state courts from applying “foreign law.”
The ban doesn’t make it illegal for individuals to personally practice any such law. Instead, it bars state courts and agencies from applying foreign law in divorce, child custody and family law disputes.
Essentially the law made it so only American and North Carolina laws would carry weight in the North Carolina judicial system.
Nowhere in the law does it explicitly mention Sharia Law, either, although “foreign law” would include Sharia Law and other religious and foreign laws.
Since the law doesn’t state practicing foreign laws is a criminal offense, nor does it explicitly single out Sharia Law, the law can’t have banned Sharia Law or made it a criminal offense.
As long as they don’t break any existing laws in doing so, a person could theoretically practice Sharia Law in North Carolina outside of the courts.
Therefore, this claim is FALSE.
via www.kgw.com
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