Florida Congressman Randy Fine and Texas Rep. Keith Self on Friday introduced legislation that would ensure that Sharia law cannot be implemented anywhere in the United States.

The “No Shari’a Act” would prohibit the application of Sharia “where such application would violate constitutional rights,” according to a copy of the legislation shared with The Daily Wire. Both Fine and Self said that the measure was intended to protect Western culture and ensure that the United States would not be taken over by Islamic radicals. 

“We are not going to become a Muslim nation. There are plenty out there,” Fine told The Daily Wire. “If you want to live under Sharia, return to where you came from, but we’re not interested in you coming here and conquering our country.”

Self said the influence of Shariah was already present in Texas. 

“We cannot have sets of laws,” he told The Daily Wire. “There is one in the United States. It’s called the U.S. Constitution and the state laws under states of course, but we cannot have two different civilizations with different laws.”

The issue came to a head in Texas with controversy over the planned EPIC City development outside Dallas that was intended to be a Muslim community. Critics worried that the development would implement Sharia.

The legislation says that the “the Constitution of the United States is and must remain the supreme law of the land, and no foreign law or legal system may be permitted to undermine it” and that “no court shall enforce a judgment, decree, or arbitration decision if it relies, in whole or in part, on Shari’a or any foreign law that violates the constitutional rights of any party.”

Fine referenced the recent confrontation in Dearborn, Michigan, where a Christian resident was told he was not welcome in the city by Muslim Mayor Abdullah Hammoud after he spoke out in opposition to naming a street after Arab American publisher Osama Siblani.

“We do not want to replicate this barbaric Middle Age philosophy in this country, and we need to make that clear, this is not welcome in the United States,” Fine said. “We need to respond to the Islamists saying Christians are not welcome in Dearborn by saying, no, you are not welcome here.”

Self said that Sharia allows for child marriages, husbands to beat their wives, honor killings, and genital mutilation. He said these practices were “not compatible with U.S. law, U.S. Constitution, and our civilization.”

WASHINGTON—The Department of War is implementing new guidelines for what parts of the Pentagon are accessible to the press.

In a memo first obtained by The Daily Wire, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell shared “updated physical control measures for press/media access within the Pentagon.” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had initially shared this information in May, but the Thursday memo implements those directives, requiring credentialed media to sign new documents essentially renewing the guidelines for access to the building.

Previously, Pentagon press had very easy access to the premises, an official close to the situation told The Daily Wire. Reporters could traverse the building much like the press can access the United States Capitol, and easily observe generals or high-ranking officials visiting with the Secretary of War or entering classified meeting rooms, allowing reporters to easily publicize the inner workings of the Pentagon.

We’re announcing additional credentialing procedures for press at the Pentagon in the interest of national security. pic.twitter.com/2fQA4z7AsO

— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) May 23, 2025

“All members of the press issued a Pentagon Facility Alternate Credential (PFAC), will be required to read and sign a new in–brief form outlining information security requirements, the new physical control measures, and Department of War expectations of their compliance with safety and security requirements,” the memo states. It notes that in addition to the “Additional Press Identifier Badge,” the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) will start issuing new PFACS to the press in the coming weeks, giving priority to resident members of the media through September 30, and non-resident members of the media beginning October 1, 2025.

“These new PFACS will have ‘PRESS’ clearly imprinted on them in red letters both vertically and horizontally to assist in identifying members of the press,” the memo states. 

The Department of War requests the assistance of the media in making sure that all their staff are “aware of the physical control measures, including the requirement to provide escorts for any media coming into your spaces for approved interviews.” The memo also notes that  if any DOW personnel “see any news media outside of the areas depicted in Appendix D that do not have an escort, they should direct them back to the designated no–escort required areas and alert the Pentagon Press Operations office.” 

“Up until now, the press could wander all around the Pentagon with no oversight,” Parnell explained in May. “Even outside of sensitive/classified areas. So moving forward, they’ll need an escort to access those areas. They still have access to the entire defense press office, the press secretary & my office, as well as much of the rest of the building. These are pragmatic changes to protect operational security & ultimately brings the Pentagon in line with other government buildings.”

Up until now, the press could wander all around the Pentagon with no oversight. Even outside of sensitive/classified areas.
So moving forward, they’ll need an escort to access those areas.
They still have access to the entire defense press office, the press secretary & my office,… https://t.co/usJjF6HBSs

— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellASW) May 23, 2025

The move is likely to spark outrage from some corners of the media. Reporters from the Associated Press, the Washington Post, and Aviation Week protested back in May, and a CBS News reporter suggested that the measure was “aimed at making the Pentagon as difficult to cover as possible.”

“The next step is to ban reporters entirely from the Pentagon,” suggested CBS’s Dan Martin at the time.

“Such a stupid narrative,” Parnell fired back at the time. “Here’s the policy in a nutshell: Wear a media credential. Have an escort for sensitive areas. Just like every other U.S. military base on planet Earth. That’s it.”