Commentaries on the San Antonio Report present house for our neighborhood to share views and provide options to urgent native points. The views expressed on this commentary belong to the creator alone.
When Gov. Greg Abbott declared the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) a terrorist group on Nov. 18, many Texans have been shocked. For Muslims in Texas, particularly these of us who’re civically engaged, the announcement felt much less like an remoted resolution and extra just like the end result of long-standing political scapegoating.
What might appear to be a symbolic gesture to some carries very actual penalties for Muslim communities in locations like San Antonio. It will increase the danger of violence, undermines many years of community-building and distorts the general public’s understanding of who Muslim Texans are and what we contribute to this state…