[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 195 (Wednesday, November 19, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H4773-H4774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SHARIA IS DANGEROUS

  (Mr. Self of Texas was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Mr. SELF. Mr. Speaker, Islam is a culture with a patina of religion. 
Sharia is the law of Islam.
  Sharia is dangerous. Western values form the basis for the founding 
of America, namely that rights come from our creator. Ours is a 
Christian-based culture. Sharia, on the other hand, is a culture of 
violence and domination, totally anathema to the concept of individual 
freedom.
  The United States Constitution and sharia are fundamentally at odds 
with one another. The Constitution begins with: ``We the people.'' 
Sharia states: ``Allah has said.'' Followers of sharia believe Muhammad 
received a divine legal code that stands supreme over all man-made 
laws.
  While Western civilization has evolved, Islam has not. Islam is stuck 
in the eighth century, and if they succeed at imposing their beliefs 
upon us, we will be dragged back into the Dark Ages.
  The contrasts are stark when comparing sharia to the strides made by 
the United States in 250 years.
  The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery, but 
there has never been an abolition movement in Islam. The Koran and 
hadith even contain rules for slaves and the slave trade.
  Sharia prescribes inhumane punishments viewed as normative. Stoning 
to death for adultery is common, as are public beatings of women, the 
amputation of the hand of a thief, and the execution of Christians and 
Jews in accordance with the Koran. Several hardline clerics have even 
issued fatwas for the assassination of President Trump and Prime 
Minister Netanyahu.
  The Declaration of Independence states: ``We hold these truths to be 
self-evident, that all men are created equal.'' That is not so in 
Islam. According to sharia, the testimony of a non-Muslim is not valid 
against a Muslim in a court of law. A woman's testimony is equal to 
one-half of that of a man. Non-Muslims living in majority Islamic 
societies are second-class citizens with few rights and little 
protection under the law.
  The Sixth Amendment speaks of an impartial jury, but the testimony of 
a non-Muslim is deemed inadmissible. In an Islamic sharia court, the 
only testimony allowed is that of a Muslim. That is hardly fair and 
impartial.
  Sharia prohibits marriage between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim 
man. A Muslim man may marry a Christian wife, but not vice versa. 
Sharia also gives the man, but not the woman, the unconditional right 
to divorce.
  Freedom of religion is in our First Amendment, but freedom of 
religion in sharia means one is permitted to embrace Islam but one is 
never free to leave Islam. Abandoning sharia is an apostasy punishable 
by death.
  Freedom of speech in America extends to expression not only of verbal 
communication but also in art, writing, the media, and action. Certain 
forms of expression are forbidden by sharia. Non-Muslims and moderate 
Muslims who openly criticize Islam, Muhammad, or the Koran face severe 
punishment. Remember Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed under a fatwa just 
for writing about Muhammad.
  America was founded on a basic concept of freedom of the individual, 
self-governing under the rule of law. John Adams said: ``Our 
Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is 
wholly inadequate to the government of any other.''
  We are witnessing the reality of Adams' wisdom in the clash of 
cultures as outsiders stream into our country without assimilating. A 
prominent Muslim attorney argued in the U.S. court: Islam is sharia; 
sharia is Islam. The two cannot be separated.
  There are acceptable actions in sharia that are illegal in America: 
murder of family members who dishonor the family, child marriage, 
spouse abuse, to name only a few.
  Our legal processes developed through centuries of Western 
civilization are not sufficient to confront the sharia influence 
spreading across America. Even legislation may not stop the encroaching 
danger. It will take more.
  In the streets of New York City, a Muslim imam recently proclaimed: 
``We will not stop until Islam enters

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every home.'' There is no denying Islam's intent to dominate Western 
civilization. Their stated objective is to destroy us from within.
  All who serve in this Congress swore to support and defend the 
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and 
domestic. This is a time for choosing. Either we defeat the sharia 
advances in America, or government of the people, by the people, and 
for the people may indeed perish from the Earth.

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