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Heated testimony as committee hears HR 34 resolution on Sharia law
Summary
HR 34 drew long public testimony on Feb. 6, with supporters warning of foreign legal influence and opponents — including faith leaders and Muslim residents — calling the resolution discriminatory, unnecessary and potentially unconstitutional. Committee recessed the measure for further review.
The State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee heard hours of divided testimony on HR 34 on Feb. 6, a house resolution introduced by Representative de Schweniere that says "Sharia law and political Islam represent an existential threat" and calls for prohibiting government deference to Sharia.
Representative de Schweniere, introducing the resolution, cited examples of informal arbitration panels described in the measure and told the committee the resolution aligns with federal efforts to bar official deference to foreign religious law. "This resolution has been filed in solidarity with…
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