US congressman proposes bill requiring immigrants to reject Sharia law

A United States congressman, Barry Moore, has proposed legislation that would require immigrants entering the country as religious workers to formally reject Sharia law and affirm loyalty to the US Constitution.
Moore disclosed the proposal in a post shared on X on Wednesday while unveiling a bill titled the “CRUSADE Act.”
Sharia law, rooted in Islamic religious teachings, is practised in different forms across several Muslim-majority nations and communities around the world.
Explaining the rationale behind the proposed legislation, the lawmaker argued that some religious doctrines conflict with American constitutional principles.
“Sharia law justifies the persecution of religious...