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Anti-Sharia Law Movement

The movement to enact laws restricting the use of Sharia law in US courts, led by figures like David Yerushalmi and opposed by organizations such as the American Bar Association and the ACLU.

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Jan 10, 2026
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Which U.S. states have successfully enacted anti‑Sharia or foreign‑law restrictions and what happened to those laws in court?

Anti‑Sharia and “foreign‑law” restrictions have been proposed in roughly two dozen states; a handful of states enacted versions of the American Laws for American Courts (ALAC) model and related measur...

Feb 6, 2026

Which U.S. states have passed anti-Sharia measures and how have courts responded to those laws?

A wave of state-level measures explicitly aimed at blocking from American courts spread across statehouses in the 2010s, driven largely by a model bill and activists; courts and legal groups have repe...