{"id":2604455,"date":"2026-05-19T11:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-bill-targets-radical-religious-leaders-and-would-bar-them-from-entering-the-us\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:47:54","slug":"gop-bill-targets-radical-religious-leaders-and-would-bar-them-from-entering-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-bill-targets-radical-religious-leaders-and-would-bar-them-from-entering-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Bill Targets Radical Religious Leaders and Would Bar Them from Entering the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-bill-targets-radical-religious-leaders-and-would-bar-them-from-entering-the-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2604455&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Texas republican,Rep. Chip Roy, introduced the \u201cInhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs\u201d (IMAM) Act, proposing changes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-in-texas-stops-biden-deportation-freeze\/\" title=\"Federal judge in Texas stops Biden deportation freeze\">immigration rules<\/a> to restrict certain religious worker visas. the bill would bar non<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-immigrant religious workers-specifically people titled<\/a> as imams and related roles-from entering the U.S. if they\u2019re seen as promoting anti-American hatred, celebrating terrorism, or serving radical regimes.  <\/p>\n<p>Roy argues that extremists have exploited existing visa loopholes and warns that Islamic law (Sharia) is incompatible with the U.S. Constitution and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">legal system<\/a>. He points to concerns about parallel legal structures elsewhere, such as sharia court systems in England and Wales.  <\/p>\n<p>House Democrats, though, dispute this framing, saying there\u2019s no evidence of a plot to impose Sharia law and accusing Republicans of scapegoating Muslims for political purposes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Texas Republican has proposed legislation that could be used to keep Muslim religious leaders from entering the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas has introduced the Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs (IMAM) Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States should never roll out the red carpet for foreign clerics who preach anti-American hatred, celebrate terrorism, or serve as mouthpieces for radical regimes,\u201d Roy said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-roy-introduces-imam-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on his website.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed l<a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/roy-evo.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/rep-roy-s-imam-act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">egislation<\/a> adapts immigration law to bar non-immigrant religious worker visas for an alien with the title of Imam, Grand Imam, Shaykha, Mufti, Grand Mufti, Ayatollah, or Grand Ayatollah from entering the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years, adversarial religious figures have manipulated loopholes in our immigration laws to enter this country under so-called religious visas while spreading extremism,\u201d Roy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs (IMAM) Act sends a clear message. America will not import militant ideology disguised as ministry. If you promote the values of enemies of the West, you should not get a visa to come to the United States \u2014 period,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Roy is a co-founder of the congressional Sharia Free America Caucus, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2026\/05\/18\/new-bill-would-ban-radical-religious-leaders-from-entering-the-united-states\/?utm_source=referral&#038;utm_medium=offthepress&#038;utm_campaign=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Signal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Democrats have claimed Republican concerns about Sharia Law being imposed in the U.S. are a fabricated talking point meant to scare voters, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2026\/05\/13\/dems-islamic-terrorism-conspiracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Signal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no evidence of any plot to impose Sharia law,\u201d Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania, said last week after a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government hearing about such efforts.<\/p>\n<p>She said Republicans were \u201cshamefully scapegoating Muslims for political gains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey made up a conspiracy theory about their Muslim neighbors to intimidate voters. Saying lies over and over again doesn\u2019t make them true, and it doesn\u2019t make unconstitutional bigotry legal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Roy, however, has said that protecting Americans from Sharia Law is an urgent responsibility lawmakers must face, according to comments from a hearing posted on his <a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-roy-leads-hearing-highlighting-threat-sharia-law-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe principles of Sharia are at odds with the Constitution and the laws of the United States. Sharia fails to include due process, treats non-Muslims as second class citizens and prescribes barbaric punishments, all the while, polygamy, misguided corporal punishment for perceived violations of Islam and acts of violence and terrorism on behalf of Sharia are permitted by its adherents,\u201d Roy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSharia encourages violence, silences dissent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-rejects-religious-freedom-protections-approves-respect-for-marriage-act-biden-to-sign\/\" title=\"Senate Rejects Religious Freedom Protections, Approves \u2018Respect for Marriage ...;... Biden to Sign\">rejects religious freedom<\/a> and subjugates women and children. Let\u2019s be clear, this is not about having the freedom of worshiping a religion of one\u2019s choosing, such as Islam, but forcing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-draws-laughs-by-likening-sharia-to-project-2025\/\" title=\"House Democrat draws laughs by likening ... to Project 2025\">foreign legal code<\/a> that is incompatible with our laws and legal system that provides unwanted consequences to the American people. It\u2019s everything we\u2019ve fought against for more than 250 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roy warned that \u201cefforts to undermine the Constitution and demonstrate political Islam have only been worsened by an unchecked immigration system that admitted Sharia adherence into our borders\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope gives us a clear example of what will happen if we don\u2019t close the door on Sharia now. In England and Wales, more than 85 Sharia courts operate as a parallel Islamic government, depriving women of the rights they are entitled to under British law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow is the time to take decisive action, as our Founders did when confronted with the same issues today, our nation is founded on these ideas. Sharia law s none of these principles by its Arabic definition: It is a law, one pushed in our country for too long. 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