US lawmaker proposes bill requiring religious workers to reject Sharia

A United States lawmaker has proposed a bill requiring immigrants entering the country as religious workers to formally reject Sharia law and pledge allegiance to the US Constitution.

Barry Moore, an Alabama state representative, has proposed a bill requiring immigrants entering the United States as religious workers to denounce Sharia law.

Moore announced the proposed legislation, titled the “Crusade Act”, in a post shared on X on Wednesday. “Sharia law justifies the persecution of religious minorities, restrictions on women, and the elevation of religious law above all,” the US lawmaker wrote. “This is why I introduced the CRUSADE Act. “Immigrants entering our nation as religious workers should disavow Sharia and uphold the Constitution.” According to a statement on his official website, the proposed legislation seeks to amend the EB-4 special immigrant visa category, including the religious worker programme, by requiring applicants to formally reject Sharia law and pledge allegiance to the US Constitution.

“This legislation will amend the EB-4 special immigrant visa provision, including the religious worker category, to require covered aliens to disavow sharia law and take an oath to uphold the United States Constitution,” the statement reads. According to Moore, Sharia law is a system that has been used “in parts of the world” to justify the persecution of religious minorities, restrictions on women, punishments for apostasy and blasphemy, and the elevation of religious law above civil law. “Anyone seeking the privilege of entering the United States as a religious worker should be willing to clearly affirm that the Constitution, not sharia law, is the supreme law of the land,” he added. Moore said the proposed legislation is aimed at protecting America’s constitutional order and freedoms.

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