Texas cities approved Ramadan proclamations recognizing ‘Islamic season,’ approved by city councils and mayors

Disturbing news out of Texas involving Ramadan, which ended March 19, as the state has become a battleground for Sharia incursion. “Texas Cities Approve Ramadan Proclamations,” by Hunter Burney, Texas Scorecard, March 31, 2026:

A growing number of Ramadan proclamations have been approved by city councils and mayors across Texas. The cities of McKinney, DeSoto, Richardson, and Cedar Park are among those confirmed to have made the announcements recognizing the Islamic season. The City of McKinney Ramadan proclamation states that the season “marks the first revelation of the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammed,” and was signed by Mayor Bill Cox. Cox is a professed memberof the First United Methodist Church of McKinney and cites this as a reflection of his “strong faith.” McKinney has also issued a proclamation in the past recognizing Diwali, a major Hindu holiday, according to TX3DNews.

A post by the City of DeSoto states that Mayor Rachel L. Proctor released a proclamation recognizing “the holy month of Ramadan.” The proclamation purportedly honors “a time of prayer, fasting, reflection, generosity, and service observed by Muslims around the world.” In a Facebook post commenting on Richardson Mayor Amir Omar’s proclamation of Ramadan, Imam Saeed Purcell of MAS Dallas stated, “with EPIC [East Plano Islamic Center] and everything else going on, these sorts of public recognitions of Islam … are very vital because they help raise awareness.”

The Ismaili Youth for the Southwestern USA praised Mayor Jim Pennimen-Morin of Cedar Park’s proclamation of Ramadan as “[highlighting] the City’s dedication to fostering inclusion, pluralism, and celebration of diversity,” according to a recent Facebook post…AA growing number of Ramadan proclamations have been approved by city councils and mayors across Texas. The cities of McKinney, DeSoto, Richardson, and Cedar Park are among those confirmed to have made the announcements recognizing the Islamic season.

The City of McKinney Ramadan proclamation states that the season “marks the first revelation of the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammed,” and was signed by Mayor Bill Cox. Cox is a professed member of the First United Methodist Church of McKinney and cites this as a reflection of his “strong faith.” McKinney has also issued a proclamation in the past recognizing Diwali, a major Hindu holiday, according to TX3DNews. A post by the City of DeSoto states that Mayor Rachel L. Proctor released a proclamation recognizing “the holy month of Ramadan.” The proclamation purportedly honors “a time of prayer, fasting, reflection, generosity, and service observed by Muslims around the world.” In a Facebook post commenting on Richardson Mayor Amir Omar’s proclamation of Ramadan, Imam Saeed Purcell of MAS Dallas stated, “with EPIC [East Plano Islamic Center] and everything else going on, these sorts of public recognitions of Islam … are very vital because they help raise awareness.” The Ismaili Youth for the Southwestern USA praised Mayor Jim Pennimen-Morin of Cedar Park’s proclamation of Ramadan as “[highlighting] the City’s dedication to fostering inclusion, pluralism, and celebration of diversity,” according to a recent Facebook post.

An article in the Qatari State Daily Al-Watan highlighted what Ramadan is really about. The piece glorified “Islamic victories” during Islam’s holy month. While Ramadan is a time of piety and fasting for Muslims, it is also the month of “jihad, conquest and martyrdom.” MEMRI notes that Adham Al-Sharqawi, a Palestinian author and a columnist for the paper, “glorified the many Islamic wars, battles, and victories that took place throughout history” during the month of Ramadan.

Among other battles, Al-Sharqawi mentions the Battle of Badr at the dawn of Islam (in 624 CE), in which “Islam first drew its sword to defend the Qur’an”; the Prophet Muhammad’s conquest of Mecca (620); the Battle of Tours (732), in which the Muslims of Al-Andalus made their farthest advance into Europe before being repelled; the Battle of Ain Jalut (1260), in which the Muslims defeated the Byzantines; and the Battle of Shaqhab (1303), in which Ibn Taymiyya, a Sunni Muslim jurisprudent known as a source of inspiration for Salafi-jihadism, also took part “because religious rulings do not replace the [duty of] jihad!” In the article Al-Sharqawi promises that “the sword [of Islam] will remain aloft until the last of the [Muslim] nation fights the False Messiah,” i.e., until the end of days.

Some excerpts from the article:

O my friend, Ramadan has arrived, the month in which throats are parched but hearts are full; in which stomachs are empty but souls are replenished; in which the body grows weak but faith grows stronger; in which [physical] activity subsides but faith intensifies! So, my friend, renew your faith, for Allah has no need for our abstaining from food and drink; He sends us Ramadan in order to cleanse us and purify us anew, so that we may be worthy of Him…

O my friend, Ramadan has arrived. If hunger exhausts you and thirst drains your strength, take comfort in [remembering] those who, despite their hunger and thirst, raised their swords, risked their lives, and sold their souls to Allah so that Ramadan might remain for us!

Many Westerners would assume that Al-Sharqawi’s words represent a twisting or perversion of Islam. They are wrong. This is what mainstream Islam is about, as these sentiments are echoed across the board by Islamic scholars, clerics, leaders and by academics at the foremost school of Islamic learning, al-Azhar in Cairo. Al-Sharqawi is a devout man who ascribes to the Sharia. These are just a few of the many Islamic texts that serve as a model for Muslims about what Islam is and what it means to be “good” and “holy”:

“Let those who sell the life of this world for the next fight in the way of Allah. Whoever fights in the way of Allah, whether he is killed or victorious, on him we will bestow a great reward.” (Quran 4:74)

A man asks Muhammad “which of men is the best?” Muhammad replies that it is the man who is always ready for battle and flies into it “seeking death at places where it can be expected.” (Sahih Muslim 20:4655)

In the words of Muhammad: “I would love to be martyred in Allah’s Cause and then get resurrected and then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected again and then get martyred.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 2797)

As Muhammad has also said: “war is deceit.” (Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2637). This deceit is routinely used against naive Westerners. The Texas city councils and mayors who approved Ramadan proclamations are utterly clueless about the Sharia and what Islam is. Willfully blind leftists are being played for fools and exploited stealthily as they remain immersed in their own DEI wishful thinking. To many Muslims, Islam is as much a political system as it is a religion, causing a blurring of lines for Westerners, many of whom view it to be nothing more than a religion like any other. Since not all Muslims ascribe to the Sharia — which mainstream Islam considers to be divine and immutable — Westerners (particularly leftists) choose to see only those who do not, and also ignore the 1400-year expansionary history of Islam, as well as current events that prove that Islam continues its mission of conquest and subjugation.  There is no freedom of religion and gender equality in Sharia states, and the freedom of speech is nonexistent. In the West, meanwhile, the “Islamophobia” battering ram comes down hard on those who say something that some Muslims consider offensive to Islam. This subterfuge, which cleverly hides behind DEI, actually amounts to the enforcement of Islamic blasphemy laws.

Islam is still expanding its domains globally as Islamic leaders, violent jihadists and Muslim Brotherhood operatives employ violent and stealthy means (sometimes a combination of both) in infidel lands. Islamic supremacists are more violent in the Middle East and Africa, given the size of Muslim populations. In the West, most efforts at expanding Islam are stealthy, but will become increasingly violent as the Islamic population grows or Sharia proponents become emboldened. Islam’s violent wing became more open and aggressive in the West after October 7.

Meanwhile,  Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick identified “preventing Sharia law” as one of his top five priorities for the Texas Senate ahead of 2027. Patrick, who controls the Senate agenda, has instructed lawmakers to study the issue and provide legislative recommendations to ensure that “only state and federal laws apply in Texas.” Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has also listed his priorities, including “a directive for the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee to review existing Texas law to ensure that Sharia law or any other foreign law contrary to the U.S. and Texas constitutions has not permeated into other judicial and legal matters in Texas.”

According to KRVG News:

Taken together, those charges are a nod to GOP efforts to shut down Muslim groups in Texas, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group, which Abbott has designated a foreign terrorist organization.

Texas Republicans aren’t battling only Sharia incursion, but also Democrat-supporting, leftist frontline pawns who cling to their utopian dream of everyone getting along, despite history and obvious evidence. Note, however, that they don’t care about getting along with anyone who follows the Judeo-Christian tradition. These same hypocrites have little to say about the treatment of dissidents or the oppression of women in Islamic countries, black slavery in Mauritania, Sudan, Algeria, and Libya, the kafala system in most Middle Eastern and Gulf countries, or the killing of gays and persecution of Christians and other religious minorities in those countries. America can do without Sharia advancing in the U.S., as it has supplanted every single rival legal and societal system throughout history when it was emboldened to do so, or otherwise took the territory by the sword. The Sharia is rooted in Islamic supremacy, which demands special treatment and unreasonable accommodations for Muslims everywhere.

See HERE for more about what’s been going on in Texas, including a “Church conquest warning” amid the proliferation of mosques, with 42 new mosques in Dallas area alone.