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U.S. courts and Sharia law

The application of Sharia law in U.S. courts, including the role of federal and state judges, and the relationship between Sharia law and U.S. law

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Feb 1, 2026
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How do court rulings affect state laws that mention sharia law or foreign law?

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Differences between Sharia and secular US law on key issues like family and crime

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Surveys do not use a single, neutral definition of “” when asking Muslim Americans about support; question wording ranges from broad, normative prompts about whether Sharia should be “the law of the l...

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