Outgoing Texas GOP chair tells Muslim delegates to 'leave our caucus'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story/Texas Tribune

June 15, 2026 5:21PM ET


HOUSTON — To some extent, Mohamed Hussein knew he was preparing to enter the lion’s den. But he made the decision to attend the Republican Party of Texas Convention to confirm for himself that he had a place in the GOP, even as members of the party have railed for months about the urgency of ending Sharia Law and the so-called “Islamification” of Texas.

What he found was a party that didn’t want him. He arrived with hope, but left in tears after being told explicitly that he should leave the country.

Hussein was among four Muslims who arrived at the convention in earnest — not as protesters, but as delegates or attendees — to participate in the annual meeting of the state’s most hard-lined Republicans as they vote on the party’s priorities and hear from GOP leaders. Two prevailing themes from the Houston gathering were party unity and combatting Sharia Law, a movement that veered into outright Islamophobia by members of the convention.

“When they say Sharia-free, that means Muslim-free, no practices of Islam,” Hussein said in an interview with The Texas Tribune. “No one is calling for the state to implement Sharia laws.” Hussein said he was in disbelief that he was told to convert or leave — for the first time in his life — at a Republican convention with the tagline, “Unity drives victory.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/texas-gop-2677043224/

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Why anyone of conscience could believe that GOP flatulence is the finest of perfumes, boggles the mind, and brings up doubts about their sanity.

[Skittles]

1. their critical thinking skills puts them in line with Trump voters

[UpInArms]

2. Roaches for Raid

Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids

…..

Why anyone thinks that there is any diversity allowed in the all white male Guardians of Pedophiles is beyond me.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. He volunteers to join a party that is a pro white supremacist Christian organization.

What did he expect?

[Joinfortmill]

4. Did they think they were immune from the prejudice?

They need to do some hard thinking about who they are and who the republican party is and who they represent.

[IronLionZion]

5. The irony is that Muslims lean conservative and have lots in common with GOP

but GOP chooses hate more often than not.

I'm still hoping Mamdani implements Shakira Law and for a Biblical exodus of Republicans leaving NYC

[Ray Bruns]

9. "I'm still hoping Mamdani implements Shakira Law"

I could get behind that.

[Biophilic]

6. I really wonder at how very, very narrow their thinking must be.

They must be able to block out 90% of what is happening and being said around them. How do they do that?

[JBTaurus83]

7. So the man wanted to join a death cult

That hates other people. He just doesn’t want to be one of the hated. Zero sympathy, in fact, he’s one of the worst among us.

[Javaman]

8. the leopards continue to feast. nt

[Wonder Why]

17. I'm getting jealous just thinking about how well the leopards are living these days. All those fresh, stupid faces.

[niyad]

10. Never, ever, ask, "Could t(he)y POSSIBLY get any stupider, because

the answer is always, HELL YES!!!"

[niyad]

11. So the texas guardians of pedophiles don't want sharia law? But

nationalist christian (nat-c for short, thank you Mrs. Betty Bowers) evangelical, cherry-picked bible bs in this SECULAR nation is just fine.

[sakabatou]

12. *awaits to fling face-eating leopard*

[JustAnotherGen]

13. I have zero empathy

For this man. He wanted to be white male adjacent. They turned on him.

[ToxMarz]

14. He's must be one of them there Masochists.

[radical noodle]

15. Are we supposed to feel bad for them?

How can they even consider being part of the GOP at this moment in history? They have to know what the party is now.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

16. Dumb f@cks!

[VBNMW_Realist]

18. Leopards Eating Their Faces

People like him had no problem when it came to women or even Black people, who are harmed in those types of countries, especially with patriarchy being deeply embedded in Islam. But he probably thinks that it would not be a problem and that it was all hype and that they wouldn't care about one Muslim or even five and might even appreciate it as a show of token diversity.

Ironically it is likely that his involvement in the Republican Party is a byproduct of being a Muslim in the same way that the evangelical Christians are. But they could not tolerate a different religion. And in his own country, he probably wouldn't tolerate white Christians either to be fair.

[dalton99a]

19. Fucking insanity

Samar Halabi stood out as the only woman at the convention wearing a hijab.

“Do not sit down with terrorist organizations,” a passerby at the convention told a woman sitting next Halabi. “You know they’re CAIR, right?”

“I care about everybody,” Halabi responded, trying to make light of the moment.

Shortly later, another attendee approached Halabi and told her to leave the country.

She wept into her husband’s chest.

Halabi, a teacher, declined to say how she would vote in November, but said that she is a Republican and always votes.

Halabi and her husband, Amjad Muhtaseb, were both registered as delegates for the convention.

They hope to bring more Muslims into the Republican Party.

[mdbl]

20. They must have Stockholm Syndrome

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. No one is surprised by this

[Miguelito Loveless]

22. "But, but, we are willing to hate people too!"