In an interview with US media, Trump said he would support measures aimed at prohibiting Sharia law in the country. He argued that there should be only one legal system in the United States and claimed that Sharia law exists in some places.
Trump said that wherever such a system is found, efforts should be made to eliminate it, reiterating his position that US law should remain the sole legal framework across the country.
The US president also referred to London and Paris, claiming that Islamic law had, in some areas, developed into a different form of lifestyle.
His remarks come amid an ongoing political debate in the United States over immigration, religious freedom and the application of religious principles within secular legal systems.