Robert Spencer Testifies Before Congress on the Dangers of Sharia Law

Robert Spencer, Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on the Dangers of Sharia Law

“Sharia is inherently political, supremacist, expansionist, and violent.”

Robert Spencer, a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and the director of JihadWatch.org, testified before a U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee Tuesday on the dangers of political Islam and the threat that it poses to America and the Constitution.

The hearing was titled “Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law Are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution.”

Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX), Chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, introduced the hearing by explaining that “Principles of Sharia are at odds with the Constitution and the laws of the United States… Sharia encourages violences, silences dissent, rejects religious freedom, and subjugates women and children.”

In his testimony, JihadWatch.org director Robert Spencer spoke to each of these points, stating “Sharia is inherently political, supremacist, expansionist, and violent…these are facts that Muslim authorities on Sharia openly attest.”

“The Islamic imperative to establish the hegemonies of Sharia as the law of the land, as in today the Islamic Republic of Iran, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, is obviously at variance with the First Amendment principle of non-establishment of a religion,” he added.

Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 32 books, including many bestsellers, such as The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), The Truth About Muhammad, The History of Jihad, The Critical Qur’an, and Muhammad: A Critical Biography. His new books are Intifada on the Hudson: The Selling of Zohran Mamdani and Holy Hell: Islam's Abuse of Women and the Infidels Who Enable It. Coming in April 2026 is The Tragedy of Islam: Failure and Excuses.

Video of the full hearing is available here. Congressman Chip Roy’s introduction begins at the 18:00 mark. Robert Spencer’s testimony begins at 52:38. [more...]