County Republican Party in North Texas faces backlash after posing anti-Muslim question to nominee

During an interview with a justice of the peace candidate, a GOP precinct chair reportedly asked if the man could train police dogs to attack Muslims.

by Sanford Nowlin August 24, 2026August 24, 2026

A county Republican Party in North Texas is facing public backlash after one of its precinct chairs asked a potential justice-of-the-peace nominee whether he could train a police dog to bite Muslims. Last week, Joshua Gallardo — who considered seeking the Republican nomination for Young County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 — withdrew from consideration after […]

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Comic Rob Schneider blames Gov. Abbott, other Texas leaders for ‘Islamic and Marxist’ takeover of state

Schneider’s social media rant blamed Ken Paxton, Dan Patrick and other Texas Republicans for allowing Sharia law to overtake ‘the most important’ red state.

by Stephanie Koithan July 28, 2026July 28, 2026

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Anti-Muslim propaganda film by Texas right-wingers seizes on San Antonio’s Alamo as central symbol

Newly released feature film Remember the Alamo: Don’t Sharia My Texas features commentary from conspiracy theorists Alex Jones, Michael Flynn and Lara Logan.

by Julianna Plewes July 10, 2026July 10, 2026

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appears at the Republican National Convention.

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Analysis: Greg Abbott touts Texas’ religious freedom even as he targets and harasses Muslims

As the governor brags about Texas’ religious liberty, his attempts to vilify the state’s Muslim population suggests he only thinks that liberty extends to Christians.

by Julianna Plewes June 18, 2026June 18, 2026

Dr. Rick Scarborough, former Southern Baptist pastor and president of Recover America, prays after telling Mohamed Hussein to convert to Christianity or leave the country after a panel at the Texas GOP Convention on Judeo-Christian values at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on June 13, 2026.

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A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears.

Muslim delegates and attendees hoping to participate in the state Republican convention were shunned and rejected by members as they espoused themes of party unity ahead of the November election.

by Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune June 15, 2026June 15, 2026

State Rep. Salman Bhojani is sworn in on floor of the Texas House of Representatives.

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‘McCarthyism with a Texas accent’

Texas State Representative Salman Bhojani on the (not so) new rise of politicized Islamophobia.

by Gus Bova, The Texas Observer May 6, 2026May 6, 2026

San Antonio News

Analysis: Rep. Chip Roy’s latest Islamophobic outburst reeks of desperation

Roy’s tiresome torrent of Islamophobic screeds show just how little he has to offer as a policymaker.

by Sanford Nowlin April 1, 2026April 1, 2026

Former Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French speaks during a rally at the Tarrant County Republican Party headquarters in Fort Worth on Jan. 6, 2025.

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Texas Railroad Commissioner candidate Bo French calls for deportation of 100 million people

French, a former Tarrant County GOP chair, also said Republicans should more openly embrace Islamophobia.

by Sanford Nowlin March 27, 2026March 27, 2026

From left: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and state Comptroller Kelly Hancock during Paxton's September 2023 impeachment trial on the Senate floor at the Austin Capitol.

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Ken Paxton calls acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock ‘loser,’ calls for his removal amid grudge match

In a Tuesday letter, Hancock criticized the attorney general for not using all the tools at his disposal to go after groups he says are affiliated with Muslim terrorist groups.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune March 25, 2026

Gov. Greg Abbott at one of his many appearances trying to sell Texans on school vouchers.

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Texas hit with second federal suit over exclusion of Muslim schools from voucher program

Both suits maintain the state is engaging in religious discrimination by cutting off state voucher money to Islamic private campuses.

by Sanford Nowlin March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

Gov. Greg Abbott has increasingly adopted the combative tone and scorched-earth politics of President Donald Trump.

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Trump isn’t alone in destroying U.S. political discourse. Texas leaders deserve blame too.

Texas Republican officials have increasingly emulated the coarse, divisive rhetoric popularized by Trump — and we’re worse off for it, experts said.

by Sanford Nowlin February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office has sued a state board to end three work-study programs, claiming they exclude religious groups.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Muslim civil rights group to ‘ban terrorist organizations’

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Paxton’s target, called the suit ‘another frivolous, politically motivated anti-Muslim publicity stunt that wastes more taxpayer dollars.’

by Stephanie Koithan February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

Attorney General Ken Paxton greets attendees at the Texas Youth Summit at the Woodlands Marriott on Sept. 20, 2025.

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Ken Paxton: Comptroller can exclude schools from voucher program under anti-terror laws

A CAIR official blasted the Texas AG’s opinion, saying the law does not permit the comptroller to scrutinize Muslim schools because of their religious identity.

by Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune January 26, 2026January 26, 2026

Men offer Eid prayers at the Al-Noor Masjid Islamic Center in Houston on April 21, 2023.

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Anti-Islam rhetoric takes center stage in Texas Republican primary

As the GOP and its factions debate what constitutes American identity, opposition to Islam has become a key campaign pillar for some Texas Republicans in statewide races and beyond.

by Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune January 26, 2026January 26, 2026

Then-state Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, in the Senate chamber on May 2, 2023. Now acting state comptroller, Hancock is seeking to bar some Islamic and Chinese-linked schools from Texas' school voucher program.

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Texas comptroller questions whether some Islamic schools can be excluded from voucher program

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock suggested schools that hosted events for the Council on American-Islamic Relations or are linked to China could be disqualified from the new program.