This anti-sharia fear is one that is being used to garner fear of Muslims in America. The belief is that Muslims are trying to institute Islamic law in America, which is not the case. Anti-Muslim activists like Gabriel Brigitte from ACT for America promotes the idea that Muslims are trying to Islamicize America through sharia law. Politicians, like the mayor of Irving, have introduced anti-sharia bills to legislator partially for political support from their constituents who fear Muslims in America.

XREF: Relates to broader Islamophobia research and the moral panic literature on immigrant groups.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 529