There is no Sharia law being imposed on anyone in the United States. There never has been. Islamic religious law — like Jewish Halakha, Catholic Canon Law, or any other faith’s internal moral framework — governs the personal and spiritual lives of believers who choose to follow it. It has no legal authority over non-Muslims. It cannot override the U.S. Constitution. It is protected, as a matter of religious practice, by the First Amendment.
None of that has stopped a new wave of “anti-Sharia” bills from being introduced in Congress. Lawmakers including Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) have introduced legislation — including H.R. 5512, S. 3008 (the No Shari’a Act), and related bills — that United Voices describes as unconstitutional legislation that would not survive legal scrutiny and is designed to inflame prejudice rather than address any genuine threat.
United Voices has distributed a formal congressional briefing memo — “Weaponized Islamophobia: The Return of the Anti-Sharia Hoax” — to every member of the U.S. House and Senate, along with a companion factsheet, “Sharia in American Life”, explaining what Islamic religious principles actually are and how they align with broadly held American values.
The timing of this legislative push is not coincidental. These bills are being introduced as American Muslims and pro-Palestinian advocates have been increasingly vocal in calling for an end to U.S. support for Israel’s campaign in Gaza. United Voices has documented how “anti-Sharia” legislation functions as part of a broader strategy to silence Muslim political participation by associating it with a manufactured domestic threat — making Muslim Americans seem dangerous rather than civic.
The bills will not survive First Amendment challenge. Courts have consistently struck down anti-Sharia legislation as unconstitutional violations of the Establishment Clause and Equal Protection guarantees. But their purpose was never to become law. Their purpose is to generate headlines, stoke fear, and signal to anti-Muslim constituencies that their elected representatives are “standing up” against an enemy that does not exist.
United Voices is calling on every member of Congress who received this briefing to reject these bills, to read the factsheet, and to understand that legislating against an imaginary threat to the Constitution — while the actual Constitution is being used to silence Muslim political speech — is not governing. It is fearmongering in legislative clothing. The American Muslim community deserves representatives who will protect their rights, not exploit their faith for political advantage.
Senators Tuberville, Fine, and Roy Are Pushing ‘Anti-Sharia’ Bills. They’re Not About Law — They’re About Fear.
There is no Sharia law being imposed on anyone in the United States. There never has been. Islamic religious law — like Jewish Halakha, Catholic Canon Law, or any other faith’s internal moral framework — governs the personal and spiritual lives of believers who choose to follow it. It has no legal authority over non-Muslims. It cannot override the U.S. Constitution. It is protected, as a matter of religious practice, by the First Amendment.
None of that has stopped a new wave of “anti-Sharia” bills from being introduced in Congress. Lawmakers including Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) have introduced legislation — including H.R. 5512, S. 3008 (the No Shari’a Act), and related bills — that United Voices describes as unconstitutional legislation that would not survive legal scrutiny and is designed to inflame prejudice rather than address any genuine threat.
United Voices has distributed a formal congressional briefing memo — “Weaponized Islamophobia: The Return of the Anti-Sharia Hoax” — to every member of the U.S. House and Senate, along with a companion factsheet, “Sharia in American Life”, explaining what Islamic religious principles actually are and how they align with broadly held American values.
The timing of this legislative push is not coincidental. These bills are being introduced as American Muslims and pro-Palestinian advocates have been increasingly vocal in calling for an end to U.S. support for Israel’s campaign in Gaza. United Voices has documented how “anti-Sharia” legislation functions as part of a broader strategy to silence Muslim political participation by associating it with a manufactured domestic threat — making Muslim Americans seem dangerous rather than civic.
The bills will not survive First Amendment challenge. Courts have consistently struck down anti-Sharia legislation as unconstitutional violations of the Establishment Clause and Equal Protection guarantees. But their purpose was never to become law. Their purpose is to generate headlines, stoke fear, and signal to anti-Muslim constituencies that their elected representatives are “standing up” against an enemy that does not exist.
United Voices is calling on every member of Congress who received this briefing to reject these bills, to read the factsheet, and to understand that legislating against an imaginary threat to the Constitution — while the actual Constitution is being used to silence Muslim political speech — is not governing. It is fearmongering in legislative clothing. The American Muslim community deserves representatives who will protect their rights, not exploit their faith for political advantage.