Texas: The new frontline of Islamophobia in America

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A pig’s head, burning Qur’ans, “Shari’ah cities” and warnings of “Islamification”: something extraordinary is happening in Texas, where Islam has become one of the state’s most contentious political battlegrounds. In December 2025, far-right activist Jake Lang turned up outside one of America’s most prominent mosques carrying a severed pig’s head with a copy of the […] The post Texas: The new frontline of Islamophobia in America appeared first on 5Pillars.