House Speaker Mike Johnson warns that the threat of applying Islamic law in America represents a “serious problem”
“There’s a lot of energy in the country and a lot of popular sentiment that the demand to impose Islamic law in America is a serious problem,” Johnson told reporters at a news conference at the House Republicans’ annual political retreat in Miami.
“I think this is a serious issue. Sharia law and the imposition of Sharia are inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on October 10, 2025. (Alex Wroblowski/AFP via Getty Images)
He was answering a question about the emerging backlash against Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., who posted on X, “Muslims don’t belong in American society.”
The post was immediately attacked by Democrats as racist and bigoted, with some, including Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., calling on Johnson to “speak out against this hate.”
For his part, Ogles was unrepentant. He followed his post with another that read: “My comments wouldn’t even be a news story if I said this about Christians. Please spare me your moral outrage. Cry harder.”
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Johnson said Ogles’ comments were “different language than I would have used” but indicated he believed them Tennessee Republican He was referring to immigrants who refuse to adapt to American culture and values.
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“When you seek to come into a country and not integrate, but impose Islamic law, Islamic law conflicts with the American Constitution,” Johnson said. “And that is the conflict that people are talking about.”
“It is not about people as Muslims. It is about those who seek to impose Islam A different belief system This is in direct conflict with the Constitution. That’s where I think this comes from.”
A view of the US Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on November 4, 2024. (Nicholas Economou/Noor Photo via Getty Images)
Conservatives in Congress have become more vocal about the threat of Sharia law in recent months, with Reps. Keith Self, R-Texas, and Chip Roy, R-Texas, even moving to form a “Sharia-Free American Gathering.”
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Sharia broadly refers to the rules of morality and behavior used by religious Muslims. Islamic law more specifically often refers to the criminal law used in non-secular Islamic countries, such as Iran.
In extreme cases, such as when ISIS took control of parts of the Middle East, charges such as blasphemy can lead to the death penalty. But guarantees Religious freedom The Constitution means that Islamic law cannot be applied at any level of government in the United States
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