MaddowBlog-The sudden Republican fixation on 'Sharia law' is getting increasingly weird

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Remember 11 years ago, when the right pushed a paranoid threat about the imposition of Islamic law on Americans? Evidently, the absurd fear is back.

Remember 11 years ago, when the right pushed paranoid claims about the imposition of “Sharia Law” on Americans?

Believe it or not, the absurdity is back — and it’s dumber than ever. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-10-14T18:43:42.658Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/sudden-republican-fixation-sharia-law-getting-increasingly-weird-rcna237580

A couple of months ago, Republican Rep. Josh Brecheen held a public event with voters in his Oklahoma district, and the congressman delivered a curious warning about Islamic law. “You’ve got Sharia law trying to be established in America today,” Brecheen declared.....

What I didn’t realize was just how many other Republican officials were thinking along the same lines.

As this week got underway, for example, Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama published an item via social media that read, “BAN SHARIA LAW. It has NO PLACE in America.”

Four days earlier, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also argued via social media, “Sharia law has no place in the USA and is incompatible with the Constitution.” The Republican governor’s missive appeared alongside a related item about a legislative effort in the Sunshine State to ban Sharia law.

Two weeks earlier, Republican Rep. Chip Roy, who’s currently running for state attorney general in Texas, argued during a Fox Business appearance, “I don’t think Texas should be subject to the advancement of Sharia.”.....

The fact that this anti-Sharia nonsense is apparently back suggests that the GOP’s existing list of boogeymen isn’t delivering the kind of results the party wants to see, so at least some Republicans are turning back the clock, pointing anew to an old threat that still does not exist.