Legislating Islamophobia: Measuring Support for Anti-Sharia Legislation

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Brief Overview

This paper explores anti-Sharia proposals from 2010 to 2017. Findings show that partisanship is a predictor of support for such bills and the presence of a large Muslim community in a legislator’s district decreases support for anti-Sharia proposals.

Author

• Charles Turner, University of Utah