There has been a surge of anti-Sharia legislation and commentary over the past two years, even though Sharia law does impact civil government in the United States.

Fountain Hills won’t join a growing list of communities that drafted and considered resolutions targeting Sharia law.

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When Gov. Greg Abbott branded the Council on American-Islamic Relations a foreign terrorist organization, he claimed its executive director boasted Muslims were ready to hold public office and advance ...

Presidential candidates catering to their base continue to talk up the threat posed by Sharia law. Interestingly, when asked directly, most can hardly define what Sharia law is. To truly judge what ...

(RNS) — In political campaigns and the party’s platform, Texas Republicans condemn “sharia law” as a dangerous system of extremist Islamic rules and restrictions that threaten democracy, religious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott arrives to speak during the second day of the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 10, 2026.

With the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan there are fears they will reimpose their harsh interpretation of sharia law. Most Muslim nations incorporate elements of sharia in their legal systems, ...

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The latest book from Politics and Legal Studies Professor Mark Fathi Massoud, Shari‘a, Inshallah: Finding God in Somali Legal Politics, challenges Western notions of Islam and secular law-making by ...

(TEXAS TRIBUNE) - In political campaigns and the party’s platform, Texas Republicans condemn “sharia law” as a dangerous system of extremist Islamic rules and restrictions that threaten democracy, ...