Forty-seven anti-Shari’a bills appeared in twenty-one states by June 2011

Evidence

“As of June, 2011, there were forty-seven bills in twenty-one states that were seeking to ban the use of Shari‘a and/or any category of international law.” Spearheaded by the Louisiana and Tennessee legislatures, nearly half of the country’s states entertained the idea of banning Islamic law. One state, Wyoming, even engaged the idea of prohibiting its courts from citing other states that might permit the use of Shari‘a law. In addition to crippling the ability of judges and juries to engage the religious and cultural dimensions of Muslim subjects coming before the courts, anti-Shari‘a legislation conflicts with the Establishment Clause and, perhaps more acutely, the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, thereby endangering the rights of Muslim Americans to freely practice their religion of choice. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 308

Categorization

• QUESTION: The claim that these bills infringe the Free Exercise Clause deserves scrutiny — a possible counterargument framing.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 308
• XREF: connects to: Anti-Shari’a bills converted private Islamophobia into state structural policy — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 306; At least 120 anti-Sharia bills have been introduced across 42 US states since 2010. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 627; Anti-Sharia legislation spread across 43 states via one network’s fabricated data

Broader Connections

• At least 120 anti-Sharia bills have been introduced across 42 US states since 2010. #expands (0.80) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 627