Why Is Sharia Law Not Acceptable in America?

The liberty principle for this Freedom Friday concerns the need to keep the U.S. Constitution as the supreme law of America. In December 2025, Chip Roy (R-TX-21) and Keith Self (R-TX-03) acted to protect constitutional law in the United States by launching the Sharia-Free America Caucus in the House of Representatives. They did so to “counter the alarming rise of Sharia law in the United States.”

According to the press release on December 18, 2025, “Sharia is a dominating force that is not compatible with the U.S. Constitution. The formation of the Caucus has earned the support of U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville – the leading voice in the Senate against Sharia.” The following quotes are from the press release. 

Rep. Chip Roy

America is facing a threat that directly attacks our Constitution and our Western values: the spread of Sharia law. From Texas to every state in this constitutional republic, instances of Sharia adherents masquerading as ‘refugees’ – and in many cases, sleeper cells connected to terrorist organizations – are threatening the American way of life. Those who succumb to this political ideology seek to replace our legal system and Constitution. Under Sharia law, there is no freedom of speech, religion, or women’s rights. Europe should be a wake-up call to America, showing what the spread of Sharia law looks like. America’s immigration system must brace to take on this battle, not only to preserve our constitutional republic but to take charge in the spiritual warfare and defend our Judeo-Christian values….

Rep. Keith Self

The American way of life is under siege by radicals from a culture waging war against our Constitution and Western values. We’ve seen what happens when nations allow this infiltration: countries like France and England are on the verge of losing their identity and sovereignty. The same forces are at play here in America today, and if we don’t stop them, they will conquer our country too….

Sen. Tommy Tuberville

For months, I’ve been warning about the growing threat of Islam in the United States. Islam isn’t a religion, it’s a death cult. Sharia Law teaches that it is righteous to kill all infidels, and especially Christians. Unfortunately, 15 innocent people were murdered by Radical Islamists in Australia this weekend. If we don’t wake up, these types of terrorist attacks will become commonplace. I’m glad that some of my Republican colleagues in the House have a backbone and are joining me in the fight against this anti-American ideology.

This site states, “Twenty-four House Republicans joined the caucus within its first month of existence.” In the next paragraph, the article states that membership grew to forty-three members in the first two months of existence. Self said that he expects the caucus to continue growing. 

The Sharia-Free America Caucus and its growth attracted the attention of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), according to an article by Tyler O’Neil at The Daily Signal.

CAIR “has designated the Sharia Free America Caucus” as an ‘anti-Muslim hate group.’

O’Neil quotes a Muslim reformer as saying: 

“Labeling a congressional caucus that represents millions of Americans a ‘hate group’ simply for addressing the threat of Sharia supremacism to Muslims and non-Muslims is not civil rights advocacy,” Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, told The Daily Signal in a statement Wednesday.

“It is the American equivalent of a blasphemy law – a tool to silence, stigmatize, and shut down legitimate constitutional debate.”

While Jasser noted that some of the caucus members’ statements could have benefited from more clarity, he claimed that “CAIR isn’t interested in nuance. They want total dominance of the conversation – where any public challenge to theocratic Islamism is branded as hatred and any critic is driven from the public square, whether Muslim or non-Muslim.”

“This is structurally identical to how clerical regimes in Muslim-majority countries use anti-blasphemy laws to crush Muslim dissent against theocrats,” he argued. “CAIR has never stook with reform-minded, freethinking Muslims – the dissidents, the secularists, the liberal reformers, the faithful who reject theocracy from within the Muslim community.”

… CAIR announced the “hate group” designation last month, accusing the caucus of attempting to render the practice of the Islamic faith illegal….

CAIR does not usually designate “hate groups,” but it has repeatedly partnered with the Southern Poverty Law Center in urging community foundations to stop funding organizations the SPLC brands “anti-Muslim hate groups.”

Critics claim the SPLC puts mainstream conservative and Christian groups on a “hate map” alongside Ku Klux Klan chapters, suggesting that a similar hatred drives them….

A Terrorist Organization?

“The fact that CAIR – an organization that multiple states have classified as a terrorist organization – has designated the Sharia Free American Caucus as a ‘hate group’ is absurd,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told The Daily Signal.

“Recent attacks in places like New York and Michigan are a reminder of the very real threat posed by violent ideologies and I’m glad my colleagues are looking at ways to prevent Sharia law and political Islam from taking hold in America,” he added.

When approached for comment, Self responded, “We don’t care about the opinion of a designated terrorist organization.”

Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, designated CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization on Nov. 18, and Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., followed suit in December. CAIR sued, and a federal judge issued a temporary injunction blocking DeSantis’ executive order.

A Vital Distinction

Jasser, the Muslim reformer, told The Daily Signal that “there is a necessary and important distinction between personal pietistic Islamic practice – which deserves full constitutional protection – and many applications of Sharia that infringe on individual and human rights.”

“This includes not only overt political Sharia imposed through local governance, but Sharia-based practices that strip individuals – women, religious minorities, apostates, dissenters – of their fundamental rights and dignities, whether in the home, the community, or the public square,” he added.

The Caucus’ Distinction

“Sharia is a political and legal system that seeks supremacy over the U.S. Constitution,” Rep. Self told The Daily Signal. “As Dr. Zuhdi Jasser has rightly said, the real threat is political Islam and Sharia supremacism, not the personal faith of peaceful Muslims.”

“Our caucus is not banning ‘Islam,’” Self added. “We are simply insisting that America remains governed by one law – the Constitution – and that we reject any foreign legal system that demands to replace it. CAIR can call that ‘hate’ if they want. Americans call it common sense.”

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal that the debate isn’t “about freedom of religion – this is about the threat of political Islam that is antithetical to America’s foundation.” He said that immigrants should “assimilate to our culture, not impose third-world ideals into our society.”