08/25/2026
TEXAS BANS SHARIA LAW, “SHANIQUA’S LAW” IMMEDIATELY FILED AS LEGAL WORKAROUND
AUSTIN, Texas — In what legal experts are calling an absolutely devastating blow to the State of Texas' ability to keep up with paperwork, lawmakers have reportedly discovered a massive loophole shortly after making Sharia law illegal.
According to sources familiar with the situation, a group of Islamists has responded by simply changing the name.
The new system will reportedly be known as “Shaniqua's Law.”
"Technically, the law says Sharia Law is illegal," one spokesman reportedly told AE Radio reporters. "It doesn't say anything about Shaniqua."
The spokesman then reportedly presented officials with a freshly printed binder labeled SHANIQUA'S LAW, DEFINITELY NOT THE OTHER ONE.
Texas officials were reportedly caught completely off guard by the development.
"We spent months working on this legislation," one lawmaker said. "We held hearings, wrote amendments, argued on television and probably spent millions of taxpayer dollars. Nobody told us they could just rename it."
Legal teams are now scrambling to determine whether the new system falls under the existing law or whether the Texas Legislature will be forced to return to Austin and pass an emergency bill banning any legal system with a name that sounds remotely similar.
Early drafts of the proposed legislation reportedly include language prohibiting Sharia, Shanequa, Shaniqua, Sha'Niqua, Sherequa and anything else legislators believe might be somebody trying to get cute.
Opponents of the new law say Texas officials are missing the bigger issue.
"You can't just ban something by name and then act surprised when somebody changes the name," one legal expert reportedly said. "That's like banning Bud Light and then discovering someone bought a beer called Steve's Slightly Different Lager."
State officials have not yet announced how they plan to close the loophole.
However, sources say an emergency committee has already been formed, with meetings expected to continue until someone finally figures out how spelling works.