The Culture
July 20, 2016
Faith and Hope
The country’s largest group of Muslims live in Texas, yet many of them don’t feel welcome here. A few young and progressive leaders—like Irving imam Omar Suleiman—are working to change that.
Islamophobia
The Daily Post
March 14, 2016
The Olympic Fencer Asked To Remove Her Hijab At SXSW Is About More Than Intolerance
The festival apologized, but the issue isn’t just racial insensitivity.
Politics & Policy
December 7, 2015
Two Women Were Harassed At Austin’s Kerbey Lane As Everyone Else Waited For Their Pancakes
Austin’s reputation as Texas’s most progressive city takes another hit.
The Daily Post
September 16, 2015
Irving Ninth Grader Handcuffed, Suspended For Bringing A Homemade Clock To School
What Ahmed Mohamed's case tells us about the American dream.
Politics & Policy
August 17, 2015
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller Posted A Facebook Meme Suggesting “The Muslim World” Be Nuked
The deep fryer defender’s social media profile has since deleted the threatening image.
The Daily Post
April 9, 2015
A Houston Area High School Teacher Gave His Students a Lesson Full of Anti-Muslim Propaganda
An unnamed teacher at Foster High School, in Richmond, distributed a lesson that included “If taken hostage by radical Islamists, what to do,” and a very broad estimate of how many jihadists there are around the world.
The Daily Post
March 10, 2015
2015 Has Been an Ugly Year for the Treatment of Muslims in Texas
We’re not even a quarter of the way through 2015 yet, and mosques have been burned, loyalty oaths have been demanded, and—in Dallas last week—a Muslim man was shot in the back while watching the snow fall.
January 21, 2013
Pig Entrails Draped over Cypress Mosque Gate in Likely Hate Crime
And it wouldn't be the first Islamophobic pig incident for the Houston exurbs either.