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Texas governor, lieutenant governor ramp up attacks on state’s Muslim community

Over the weekend, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick declared ‘preventing Sharia law’ one of his top priorities, while Gov. Greg Abbott demanded a Muslim advocacy group’s nonprofit status be revoked.

Texas Republicans intensified their attacks against Islam this week, playing on unfounded concerns that the state’s 300,000 Muslims are financing terrorist organizations and wish to implement Sharia Law here.​ On Friday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick formally named “preventing Sharia law in Texas” among the state Senate’s top priorities in the 2027 legislative session. “Only state […]

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