Toplines - OR RR Sharia Law - September 20, 2026

National Survey of 1,026 U.S. Likely Voters

Conducted September 20, 2026

By Our Republic and Rasmussen Reports

 

1* Sharia is a system of Islamic religious principles and law, derived primarily from the Quran and the teachings and practices of Muhammad, that addresses matters including religious practice, personal conduct, family life, finance, and often civil and criminal law. Do you have a positive or negative opinion about sharia?

 

  7% Mostly positive

14% Somewhat positive

14% Somewhat negative

43% Mostly negative

22% Not sure

 

2* Would you support a law that requires public schools to teach kids about the benefits of sharia law?

 

  8% Yes

76% No

16% Not sure

 

3* If a majority of people in an American town, city, or state were to want sharia law, would you support a proposal that would allow sharia to become the legal code for all citizens in that town, city, or state?

 

  7% Yes

83% No

10% Not sure

 

4* What poses a greater threat to America’s future: sharia law or America’s alliance with Israel?

 

43% Sharia law

25% America’s alliance with Israel

15% Neither poses a threat to America

16% Not sure

 

5* Which religious ideology poses a greater threat to America’s future: sharia law or traditional Christianity?

 

55% Sharia law

13% Traditional Christianity

23% Neither poses a threat to America

  9% Not sure

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence