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Cornyn Highlights Bill to Bar Aliens Who Support Sharia Law from U.S.

Published | Video Starts at 02:35

Some state governments in Nigeria have thrown several people into prison for violating blasphemy laws, including a Christian nurse and a humanist who were both released last year. Several more [people] remain in prison to this day under similar charges, but with some even sentenced to the death penalty. And in Europe, as a result of massive migration from Middle Eastern countries, there'd been an increase in the practice of Sharia law in various Muslim enclaves, frequently pockets of parallel legal norms in some urban settings centers. (02:35–02:44)

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Asserts that people remain imprisoned in Nigeria under blasphemy charges, with some facing the death penalty.

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