Less than a month after it was launched, 24 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have already joined the Sharia Free America Caucus. Republican Reps. Keith Self and Chip Roy of Texas created the caucus to “fight back against the radical ideology” and “save Western Civilization from the threat of Sharia.”

“Sharia law and groups linked to radical Islamist ideology seek to gain a foothold in our communities, challenging the Constitution and the Western values on which our nation was founded,” Roy told The Daily Signal. “I am encouraged that more Members of Congress are recognizing these threats and are joining the Sharia Free America Caucus to confront them head-on in Congress.”

The threat of Sharia law in Muslim-dominated American communities has increasingly garnered conservative lawmakers’ attention.

Sharia law is a system of Islamic religious law that guides personal behavior and civil and criminal justice, often in conflict with Western concepts of liberty and government.

Self, the caucus’s co-founder, told The Daily Signal........

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