House Democrat draws laughs by likening sharia to Project 2025 at judiciary hearing

Published February 10, 2026 5:27pm ET



Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) likened Islamic religious practices to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.

The Republican-convened hearing, “Sharia-Free America,” was called to examine what GOP lawmakers described as efforts to impose sharia, the Islamic moral and legal code derived from the Quran, in U.S. communities. 

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