GOP Sen. John Cornyn unveils ‘Defeat Sharia Law Act’ amid controversy over sprawling Muslim-centered community

Source: New York Post

WASHINGTON — US Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is introducing new legislation aimed at making the enforcement of Islamic Sharia Law, and discrimination based on the fundamentalist Muslim code, a violation of the Civil Rights Act — amid the ongoing controversy surrounding a proposed Muslim-centered community in the Lone Star State. The goal of the Republican lawmaker’s “Defeat Sharia Law in America Act” is to stop coercive private-sector implementation of Sharia Law, an Islamic code that typically features harsh punishments for theft, blasphemy, and adultery.