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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
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EPIC City / The Meadow: a public-record timeline
A dated record of announced investigations, enacted legislation and court proceedings, with procedural labels kept visible.
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Sharia law in Texas: laws, cases and claims
What Texas law says, what private arbitration can do, and what HB 4211 actually regulates.
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Texas Islam-related legislation tracker
A neutral record of selected Texas measures, their status and what the official text says.