Texas Rep. Brian Harrison Calls for Special Session to Combat Sharia Law

Following the McKinney City Council’s approval of a mosque relocation, Republican Rep. Brian Harrison appeared on WBAP with Matt Locke to argue for a Texas special session targeting Sharia law. He asserted that two Sharia tribunals are active in the Dallas-Fort Worth region and that prior statements denying the presence of Sharia law in Texas are false. While applauding Governor Greg Abbott’s designation of the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations, Harrison said both continue to operate in the state.

He referenced reports from the RAIR Foundation and the Middle East Forum documenting over $13 million in state and federal grants to mosques and Islamist-aligned groups, including a $91,000 grant to the Katy Muslim American Society. In a formal request filed in January, Harrison asked legislators to end such funding, expand prohibitions on Sharia courts, close statutory loopholes, and officially label CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist entities. He warned that Texans are growing impatient with rhetoric and expects multiple bills on the issue in the next session.