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Sharia-Free Comments Spur Outcry at Texas GOP Convention

At least four Muslim members of the Texas Republican Party shared their experience at the state’s Republican convention over remarks they described as Islamophobic.

“When they say Sharia-free, that means Muslim-free, no practices of Islam,” Mohamed Hussein, an attendee, told 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.

“Unity Drives Victory,” a slogan touted by the governor on press releases, placards, lanyards, and even the elephant he procured to march through the convention hall, became a rallying cry for the state’s leaders and party nominees.

If the party becomes fractured, Republicans could lose to the Democrats and their U.S. Senate nominee, state Rep. James Talarico.

On Saturday, the last day of the convention, outgoing GOP Chair Abraham George addressed two Muslim delegates from the stage, whom members tried to expel from the convention because of their ties to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group the GOP and Gov. Greg Abbott have deemed a terrorist threat.

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