# Texas Matters:  CAIR refutes Texas claim of pushing Sharia law and terrorism

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Podcast: [Texas Matters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140)
Published: 2026-01-31T20:57:20+00:00
Episode link: https://www.tpr.org/podcast/texas-matters/2026-01-31/texas-matters-cair-refutes-texas-claim-of-pushing-sharia-law-and-terrorism
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## Resource

Governor Greg Abbott and other Republican state leaders are targeting CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Abbott has signed a proclamation calling CAIR a “terrorist organization.” Edward Ahmed Mitchell, National Deputy Director of CAIR, says these are baseless conspiracy theories created for politics.

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