Governor Ron DeSantis made a big move on Monday morning.
On Monday, DeSantis signed a new bill that would end any attempt by Islamic organizations to enact Sharia Law in the state of Florida.
According to Judiciary Worldwide, Sharia Law is an Islamic Law that “governs interpersonal conduct and regulates the ritual practices of Muslims. In some countries, it is also the governing law, while other countries apply Islamic law to specific areas, such as personal status or finance.”
Muslim extremists, however, who push Sharia Law, use it to justify violence and establish totalitarian control.
WTSP reported more on the new bill signed into law by DeSantis:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new law allowing the state to designate domestic terrorist organizations, targeting Islamic “Sharia Law.”
During a news conference Monday at the University of South Florida in Tampa, DeSantis signed House Bill 1471, which prohibits the use of legal frameworks like Sharia Law in courts and cracks down on organizations designated as domestic terrorist groups.
The bill’s signing comes a few months after DeSantis designated the Florida Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Florida (CAIR-FL) and the Muslim Brotherhood as “foreign terrorist organizations” in an executive order.
“Part of what the legislature did in this bill was provide a statutory structure for the actions that we took earlier when we took those actions last year,” DeSantis said at the presser. “It provided a process where we could identify groups that are foreign terrorist organizations.”
One day after DeSantis signed the executive order, CAIR-FL announced a lawsuit against him, calling it unconstitutional, defamatory and already harming its work across the state.
“This executive order does not represent facts,” Hiba Rahim of CAIR-FL said. “It does not cite investigations. It does not point to any criminal findings. It simply declares guilt by proclamation.”
“They have every right to sue, and we’re going to have the right to get the information that we need,” the governor previously responded. “I’d stay tuned there.”
HB 1471 also prohibits students of certain school districts and Florida colleges who “promote domestic terrorist organizations or foreign terrorist organizations” from being awarded certain public funding.
Here’s the moment he signed it:
Today in Tampa, I signed HB 1471 to protect Floridians’ constitutional rights from the application of foreign and religious laws, including Sharia law.
This legislation also establishes a framework to combat terrorist organizations and ensures greater accountability for our… pic.twitter.com/zdeukUk2nj
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) April 6, 2026
Full text:
Today in Tampa, I signed HB 1471 to protect Floridians’ constitutional rights from the application of foreign and religious laws, including Sharia law.
This legislation also establishes a framework to combat terrorist organizations and ensures greater accountability for our education system.
Millions for education and public safety but not one cent for jihad!
During the signing ceremony, DeSantis also called for the elimination of cousin marriages in the state.
Florida Politics reported more DeSantis comments on cousin marriages and how it relates to “stealth jihad”:
Gov. Ron DeSantis is again taking on the Legislature for failing to pass a measure that would have banned marriages between first cousins, which are still legal in the state.
Speaking in Tampa ahead of signing a ban on Islamic Sharia law, DeSantis, whose baseball history is a matter of record, employed a metaphor from the game in decrying the practice.
“Florida doesn’t ban cousin marriage. That’s a hanging curveball for us to do,” DeSantis said.
“We need to do that. Other states have done it. I don’t know why we wouldn’t, but obviously that feeds into some of the stealth jihad that we see, when you’re allowing things like that. It’s things that are coming in from other cultures that are not consistent with the United States culture, and certainly our culture here in Florida.”
HB 733, a wide-ranging Department of Health (DOH) bill that would have stopped Florida from recognizing marriages between first cousins after July 1, died in the Legislative Session.
Disputes during floor sessions involved a lot of other issues within the bill, including medical marijuana, neonatal nutrition and best practices for dental hygienists.
If the DOH bill had become law or if the provision had been part of stand-alone legislation, Florida could have joined the majority of states banning the practice that is considered to be taboo in the West but a more traditional practice in the developing world. Still, roughly 1 in 500 marriages results from a union of first cousins.
Given that this was DeSantis’ last Legislative Session, the only way he could effect change would be to add a bill to a Special Session call.
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.
