What Texas Muslim is

Who publishes it

Texas Muslim was founded by Omar Afra, a Houston-based publisher and cultural entrepreneur. He is its founder and editor, and also publishes Testset and Live Index. He founded Free Press Houston.

His Texas Muslim biography explains his role here; his personal biography and project record trace the wider publishing and cultural work behind it.

This is not a religious authority or a substitute for scholarship. It is a Texas-based publishing project: a place to call out the recycled lies told about Islam, push back on the easy spread of Islamophobia, and make room for the ordinary truth of Muslim life here. When questions of theology or law arise, the relevant page points readers to named scholars and primary sources.

What we publish

We publish stories about Muslim life in Texas, explain unfamiliar religious terms, examine political claims, and help readers find local communities and halal barbecue. Explore research, the glossary, Claims & Facts, the directory and halal barbecue.

We index outside coverage rather than republish it. Articles by other outlets link to their own publishers and get no page here.

How we work

Every public page names its sources, its review status and its scope. Where evidence is thin or contested, the page says so rather than rounding to a clean answer. The detail is in editorial standards and methodology.

Funding and ownership are disclosed in funding. Mistakes are handled in the open at corrections.