Research & Data · 2026.1
Selected Texas Muslim institutional chronology
Thirteen milestones distinguish community origins, student organizations, transitions, relocations and service launches.
13 records · Release pending · Editorial review pending · Sources checked
Edited by Omar Afra
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Both files are generated from the same typed records and publish the same columns in the same row order.
Scope
Selected institutions from the existing sourced history manuscript, not a statewide census or complete chronology.
This edition records what was available on its checked date. It does not create a historical snapshot for an earlier year.
Sample
| id | date_label | institution | place | event_type | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T01 | 1950s | Masjid Al-Islam | Dallas | community roots | Retrospective decade, not exact building opening |
| T02 | 1964 | University of Houston Muslim Students Association | Houston | student organization founding | University directory date; not mosque opening |
| T03 | 1969 | Islamic Society of Greater Houston | Houston | organization establishment | Institutional account |
| T04 | 1969 | Islamic Association of North Texas | North Texas | organization establishment | Institutional account |
| T05 | 1975 | Masjid Al-Islam | Dallas | religious transition | Distinct from later relocation; preserve Nation of Islam/later Sunni distinction |
| T06 | 1977 | Nueces Mosque | Austin | student-led beginnings | Institutional retrospective |
| T07 | 1979 | Masjid Al-Islam | Dallas | South Harwood relocation | Not the start of the community |
| T08 | 1980s | Islamic Center of El Paso | El Paso | rental-house origins | Decade from retrospective; no exact founding year |
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Field dictionary
- id string
- Stable row identifier assigned by Texas Muslim for this selected dataset; not an institution's legal or government identifier. An empty value is unestablished, not zero or none.
- date_label string
- Year or decade stated in the source. A decade is retained as a decade; no exact opening date is inferred. An empty value is unestablished, not zero or none.
- institution string
- Name of the institution or community associated with the event, as used in the cited record. An empty value is unestablished, not zero or none.
- place string
- City or area associated with the event; not a precise site coordinate or current street address. An empty value is unestablished, not zero or none.
- event_type string
- Kind of event, such as community roots, founding, transition, relocation or start of a service. These events are not interchangeable. An empty value is unestablished, not zero or none.
- note string
- Qualification explaining the event or the limits of the date. An empty value is unestablished, not zero or none.
- source_title string
- Title of the source supporting this row. An empty value is unestablished, not zero or none.
- source_publisher string
- Institution or publisher responsible for the cited source. An empty value is unestablished, not zero or none.
- source_url string
- URL of the source supporting this row; preserve the original record when citing. An empty value is unestablished, not zero or none.
- checked_on string
- Date the source was checked in the underlying editorial pass. Converting the record into a dataset does not create a new check date. An empty value is unestablished, not zero or none.
Methods and limits
Texas Muslim selected fields from the existing source-backed corpus, retained each record’s source and checked date, and exported the result without inferring missing values. The compilation and field arrangement are ours; source material remains governed by its original publisher’s terms.
- Dates describe different event types and are not a series of mosque openings.
- Decades are retained as labels rather than invented exact dates.
- Converted from the existing October 4 manuscript and source ledger; sources were not newly rechecked on October 5.
- No oldest, first or exhaustive statewide claim.
Original sources (10)
- About ISGH — Islamic Society of Greater Houston · checked 2026-10-04
- About Us — Islamic Association of North Texas · checked 2026-10-04
- IANT Community Medical Clinic — Islamic Association of North Texas · checked 2026-10-04
- About ICEP — Islamic Center of El Paso · checked 2026-10-04
- About Nueces Mosque — Nueces Mosque · checked 2026-10-04
- History — Masjid Al-Islam, Dallas · checked 2026-10-04
- Student Organizations — University of Houston, A.D. Bruce Religion Center · checked 2026-10-04
- Muslim Students’ Association — Texas A&M University · checked 2026-10-04
- Houston: IslamInSpanish Centro Islamico — IslamInSpanish · checked 2026-10-04
- Latino-led Islamic center opening in Alief, November 2024 — Houston Chronicle · checked 2026-10-04