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Gipson defends and explains legalities of proposed Sharia law ban as pushback grows

wlbt.com · August 14, 2026

CSPII Commentary: Andrew Gipson, Mississippi’s Agriculture Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate pleges to ban Sharia law from taking root in the state. He views it as a seditious, competing legal system incompatible with the U.S. and Mississippi Constitutions and American freedoms pointing to its impacts in Europe and places like Dearborn, Michigan.

Protest against Japan's Fujisawa Mosque deepens - Organiser

Organizer.Org · August 14, 2026

CSPII Commentary: Residents in Fujisawa, Japan, are protesting the city’s first mosque, with thousands opposing it over sermon noise and alleged environmental concerns. The dispute has grown into a wider local backlash against the mosque and related Islamic practices such as burials.

The Muslim Brotherhood at a school near you - Washington Examiner

washingtonexaminer.com · August 13, 2026

CSPII Commentary: The Muslim Brotherhood at a school near you: the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy of infiltrating democratic institutions by using civil-rights language and minority protections—is occurring in U.S. public schools.