Cornyn and Tuberville Introduce Bill to Ban Sharia Law in Public Businesses Under Civil Rights Act

3.45 million Muslims lived in the U.S. as of 2017, representing about 1.1% of the total population

233 anti-Sharia bills were introduced in 44 U.S. state legislatures between 2010 and 2024; 20 were enacted into law across 13 states

Oklahoma's 2010 "Save Our State" amendment — the only state law to explicitly name Sharia — was struck down by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as unconstitutional

Legal scholars document no case in which a U.S. court replaced federal or state law with a binding, parallel Sharia system — but courts have considered Islamic law as one factor in contract, arbitration, and family-law cases

The Federal Arbitration Act (1925) currently allows Jewish (Beth Din), Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, and other religious tribunals to operate as voluntary private arbitration bodies — all enforceable in U.S. courts under the same legal framework