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Texas GOP Convention Exposes Islamophobia
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At a Texas GOP convention billed as a unity event, Muslim delegates faced shocking Islamophobia — including being told to convert or leave the country — exposing a deep rift between party rhetoric and reality. Two CAIR-affiliated delegates were ordered to join the Democrats by the outgoing GOP chair, despite the party’s own past labeling of CAIR as a terrorist organization. Personal accounts from attendees like Mohamed Hussein and Samar Halabi reveal emotional trauma and confusion, as the party’s push for “Sharia-free” policies morphed into “Muslim-free” exclusion. Though attempts to expel CAIR-linked delegates failed, new party rules now empower a Credentials Committee to remove delegates tied to designated terrorist groups — raising alarms about future religious tests for officeholders and the risk of alienating non-Christian conservative voters.
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