Are there current bills or campaigns to introduce or remove anti-sharia laws in 2025?
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Executive summary
Yes: in 2025 multiple federal and state lawmakers were actively filing and promoting bills to prohibit the application of “Sharia” or foreign religious law in U.S. courts and immigration policy, while allied congressional caucuses and state measures were advancing related agendas; reporting and legislative texts in the public record document those efforts [1] [2] [3] [4]. There is no clear evidence in the provided reporting of organized, large-scale campaigns in 2025 to repeal or remove existing anti‑Sharia laws—reporting and legal commentary instead focus on new proposals and the political backlash they generate [5] [6].
1. Federal push: competing “No Sharia” and “Preserving a Sharia‑Free America” bills
Multiple bills in the 119th Congress sought to bar courts from enforcing foreign or religious laws described as Sharia and to restrict immigration for adherents, including H.R.5512 (the No Shari’a Act), which would bar courts from enforcing judgments or contracts that rely on foreign law conflicting with constitutional rights, and H.R.5722 (Preserving a Sharia‑Free America Act), which would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny admission or benefits to aliens who “adhere” to Sharia law and to revoke visas for those found to be adherents [1] [2].
2. Congressional organizing and messaging around anti‑Sharia policy
Legislative activity came with coordinated political organizing: members of Congress formed a “Sharia Free America Caucus” and publicized a slate of bills and designations aimed at what they described as Islamist influence, including the No Sharia Act and related measures targeting organizations and foreign actors, signaling an integrated policy-and-message campaign in Congress [3].
3. State-level measures and executive action in 2025
State action accompanied federal proposals: Texas enacted a law described by the governor’s office as banning “Sharia compounds” and protecting against residential developments that officials said would impose Sharia rules, and Florida lawmakers filed new state-level “No Sharia” measures for the 2026 session while noting that many states had considered or passed anti‑foreign‑law statutes in prior years [4] [7] [8]. Reporting notes that since 2010 hundreds of anti‑Sharia bills have been introduced and several dozen enacted across states, providing context for the 2025 wave [7].
4. Criticism, civil‑liberties concerns, and legal skepticism
Legal and civil‑rights organizations warned that anti‑Sharia laws risked codifying religious targeting and could be unnecessary or unconstitutional; the American Bar Association has opposed bans on foreign law as redundant given existing safeguards, and critics say such laws can fuel Islamophobia and face constitutional challenges—points raised repeatedly in news analysis and legal commentary [6] [9] [5].
5. Political motives, media narratives and the broader movement
Reporting traces the contemporary anti‑Sharia proposals to a longer movement that mixes national‑security rhetoric, local development disputes (for example, controversy over a proposed Muslim community called EPIC City), and election‑cycle politics; observers and some sources characterize the campaign as both a policy push and a political messaging operation that benefits lawmakers who frame the issue as defending constitutional rights or public safety [9] [6] [3].
6. What is and is not established in the reporting
The available sources clearly document active 2025 proposals and state measures to introduce new anti‑Sharia restrictions at federal and state levels, and organized congressional campaigns to advance them [1] [2] [3] [4]. The sources do not document significant, organized campaigns in 2025 aimed at repealing or rescinding existing anti‑Sharia laws; where opposition is visible it is primarily from civil‑liberties groups, legal scholars, and community advocates contesting new proposals and the rhetoric around them [5] [6].
Bottom line
In 2025 there were active bills and coordinated campaigns to introduce or expand anti‑Sharia laws and policies at both federal and state levels; opposition exists from legal organizations and civil‑rights groups warning of Islamophobia and constitutional risk, and the public record provided does not show a parallel, nationwide movement in 2025 to remove already enacted anti‑Sharia statutes [1] [2] [4] [5] [6].