“The Republican Party platform will likely include a plank this year opposing the imagined threat of Islamic law,” writes Alex Seitz-Wald on Salon.com.

“’I’m not aware of any court that’s accepted the argument, but in cases involving either spousal abuse or assault or other crimes against persons, sometimes defenses are raised that are based in Shariah law,’ [Kris] Kobach [Kansas’ Secretary of State] said, explaining the need for prohibitions on Shariah.

“Shariah is a pressing threat to national security and American freedom that must be stopped.”

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