research · review pending
Mosque tax exemptions in Texas: which tax, which rule?
Property tax, state sales and franchise tax, and federal filings are separate questions. A religious name does not resolve them all.
Resources
Public Record
Timelines and documents for Texas laws, investigations and public claims involving Islam.
Edited by Omar Afra
Annotated primary sources (12)
Documents this publication has read and cited, each with the issuing body, the document date, and a note on what it does and does not establish. Texas Muslim links originals; it does not hold them.
Enacted legislation
Texas HB 4211 (enrolled)
Texas Legislature · 2025-06-20
Introduced resolution
Texas HCR 18 (introduced)
Texas Legislature · 2025
Introduced resolution
Texas HCR 80 (introduced)
Texas Legislature · 2023
Constitutional text
Texas Constitution, Art. I, §6
Texas Legislative Council · 1876
Constitutional text
U.S. Bill of Rights
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration · 1791-12-15
Federal statute
RLUIPA, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc
U.S. Code, via the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School · 2000
Federal statute
9 U.S.C. § 2
U.S. Code, via the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School · 1925
Federal statute
9 U.S.C. § 10
U.S. Code, via the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School · 1925
Congressional testimony
Somin testimony (House Judiciary, 2026)
U.S. House Judiciary Committee · 2026-02-10
Campaign-finance filing
FEC filing — Brandon Gill for Texas (2026)
Federal Election Commission · 2026-05-05
Research report
Pew Research Center, June 2025
Pew Research Center · 2025-06-18
Organizational report
ISGH Annual Report 2024
Islamic Society of Greater Houston · 2024
guide
EPIC City / The Meadow: a public-record timeline
A dated record of announced investigations, enacted legislation and court proceedings, with procedural labels kept visible.
guide
Sharia law in Texas: laws, cases and claims
What Texas law says, what private arbitration can do, and what HB 4211 actually regulates.
guide
Which Texas laws and resolutions actually passed?
A neutral record of five measures Texans ask about, each with its official history, its real status and the difference between what it does and what it is said to do.
Related reading
Practical legal guides help distinguish the rule, the government action and the record needed to assess it.
research · review pending
Religious freedom in Texas: state and federal protections
Texas Chapter 110 and federal RLUIPA cover different settings. The first question is what action, institution and law are involved.
research · review pending
Muslim chaplaincy and religious practice in Texas prisons
TDCJ documents Muslim programming within its chaplain service. Agency procedures and legal protections are separate parts of the record.