Texas Treats Everyday Muslim Practices as Political Threats

In Texas, routine Muslim religious practices—prayer, hijab, religious arbitration, and even mosques—are increasingly framed as political threats, with officials launching investigations and using funding leverage against Muslim groups. The move is part of a broader pattern of Islamophobia in U.S. politics post-9/11, though scholars stress that sharia is not a rival legal system and private religious arbitration operates within the bounds of state law.