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HOUSTON \u2014 To some extent, Mohamed Hussein knew he was preparing to enter the lion\u2019s den.<\/p>

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But he made the decision to attend the Republican Party of Texas Convention to confirm for himself that he had a place in the GOP, even as members of the party have railed for months about the urgency of ending Sharia Law and the so-called \u201cIslamification\u201d of Texas. <\/p>

What he found was a party that didn\u2019t want him. He arrived with hope, but left in tears after being told explicitly that he should leave the country.<\/p>

Hussein was among four Muslims, who arrived at the convention in earnest \u2014 not as protesters, but as delegates or attendees \u2014 to participate in the annual meeting of the state\u2019s most hardlined Republicans as they vote on the party\u2019s priorities and hear from GOP leaders. Two prevailing themes from the Houston gathering were party unity and combatting Sharia Law, a movement that veered into outright Islamophobia by members of the convention.<\/p>

\u201cWhen they say Sharia-free, that means Muslim-free, no practices of Islam,\u201d Hussein said in an interview with The Texas Tribune. \u201cNo one is calling for the state to implement Sharia laws.\u201d<\/p>

Hussein said he was in disbelief that he was told to convert or leave \u2014 for the first time in his life \u2014 at a Republican convention with the tagline, \u201cUnity drives victory.\u201d<\/p>

That slogan, touted by the governor on press releases, placards, lanyards and even the elephant he procured to march through the convention haul, became a rallying cry for the state\u2019s leaders and party nominees heading into November. If fractured, they warned, the party could lose the state to Democrats and their U.S. Senate nominee, Austin state Rep. James Talarico.<\/p>

But in spite of that warning, members were willing to lose the support of Muslim conservatives. <\/p>

On Saturday, outgoing GOP chair Abraham George, addressed two Muslim delegates from the stage, who 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.<\/p>

\u201cI would strongly advise you to leave our caucus,\u201d George said. \u201cThere is a Democrat convention happening in a couple weeks. Join them.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cThere\u2019s no place in America for you\u201d<\/strong><\/p>

On Saturday, the last day of the convention, Hussein attended a panel from the Judeo-Christian Caucus moderated by Dr. Rick Scarborough, a former Southern Baptist pastor and the president of Recover America, an organization to engage ministers and pastors in politics.<\/p>

Speakers told the audience that immigrants who don\u2019t believe in Judeo-Christian values will erode those values and create problems for America. Scarborough accused Muslims of lying to win political power. <\/p>

\u201cYou\u2019re going to find Muslims that aren\u2019t being antagonistic or mean, at least not publicly. But I’ll guarantee, if they get power, they\u2019ll cut your head off as believers of Christ,\u201d he said.<\/p>

State Sen. Bob Hall, an Edgewood Republican, also repeated the accusation that Muslims are \u201crequired by Sharia to lie\u201d in order to \u201cstay below the radar of being aggressive.\u201d<\/p>

Hussein was appalled by what he was hearing. From the back of the room, he objected, declaring that attendees have heard lies about Sharia throughout the convention. He was practicing Sharia at that very moment, he said.<\/p>

\u201cWhen they tell you that we\u2019re compelled to lie, they are putting your Texan neighbors in an impossible position where nothing that we can say or do can absolve us from the crimes that they are accusing us of,\u201d Hussein told the crowd. \u201cThat is not just, the Bible commands you to be just, and that is not American.\u201d<\/p>

Sharia are the lessons of the Prophet Muhammad, interpreted as the framework, or laws, for how Muslims should live their life which call for fasting, daily prayer, modest dressing and charity.<\/p>

Following the panel, the two shared contact information. Shortly thereafter, Scarborough approached Hussein.<\/p>

\u201cWhat do you want me to do, leave?\u201d Hussein asked Scarborough.<\/p>

\u201cYes,\u201d replied the minister.<\/p>

Hussein, sobbing, turned from Scarborough, retreating to some chairs to cry alone. Scarborough followed and sat down next to him. The pastor placed an arm on the back of Hussein\u2019s seat, leaning in to console him.<\/p>

Scarborough, in an interview with The Texas Tribune, clarified that he thought Hussein should leave the country: \u201cIf you\u2019re going to embrace the values and the teachings that you\u2019re advocating for, there\u2019s no place in America for you. That\u2019s not assimilation. That\u2019s taking over.\u201d<\/p>

A CAIR chapter founder<\/strong><\/p>

Hussein\u2019s family moved to Houston from Egypt in 1992. He loved U.S. history in high school, and regards the Bill of Rights, which provides for freedom of religion, as a \u201cbeautiful document.\u201d<\/p>

These days, he is a father and works as a manager at a health care company.<\/p>

Hussein, a religious man who prays multiple times a day, called himself a \u201cconservative-leaning person\u201d on economics, social and religious values, and he believes that religion has a role to play in social and public life.<\/p>

He attended the convention with his father, Tarek Hussein, who founded CAIR Texas-Houston, the local branch of the Muslim civil rights group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, in the wake of 9\/11. Tarek Hussein attended as a registered delegate.<\/p>

In November, Abbott designated CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations with the goals of imposing Sharia law and supporting terrorism worldwide. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis followed in December. The Trump administration began naming foreign branches of the Muslim Brotherhood \u2014 but not CAIR \u2014 as terrorist organizations days after Abbott. The federal government expanded the list this year.<\/p>

CAIR has denied wrongdoing or terroristic activity. The group says they follow all laws, and exist solely to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims. They have said they\u2019re being targeted for opposing Israel in the war in Gaza.<\/p>

\u201cCAIR is a radical organization connected to terrorists who killed Americans and has been condemned by both Republicans and Democrats,\u201d Texas GOP Chair D\u2019rinda Randall said in a statement to the Tribune, just days after her election to the post. \u201cRepublicans are fully united and focused on victory in November.\u201d<\/p>

The elder Hussein said he aligns with the GOP on fiscal conservatism, and opposing abortion and Obamacare. A staunch social conservative, he opposes pornography and prostitution, and even the alcohol industry.<\/p>

He became politically active following the 2001 terrorist attacks, during a heightened period of Islamophobia. The next year, he founded the local branch of CAIR-Texas with the goal of educating fellow Muslims in the American political system. By giving them hope in America, he said he hoped to drive people away from extremism, fundamentalism and terrorism. Those, he said, are borne out of frustration and hopelessness due to discrimination.<\/p>

In a social media post on Friday, Frank Gaffney, a defense policy analyst and Defense Department official under President Ronald Reagan, referred to some of Hussein\u2019s old writings as a paper on how to \u201cinfiltrate\u201d political parties.<\/p>

\u201cWhen I educate my community about how to get active in the political party, now I\u2019m being accused as [an] infiltrator,\u201d Hussein told the Tribune.<\/p>

Efforts to expel<\/strong><\/p>

Samar Halabi stood out as the only woman at the convention wearing a hijab.<\/p>

\u201cDo not sit down with terrorist organizations,\u201d a passerby at the convention told a woman sitting next Halabi. \u201cYou know they\u2019re CAIR, right?\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI care about everybody,\u201d Halabi responded, trying to make light of the moment.<\/p>

Shortly later, another attendee approached Halabi and told her to leave the country.<\/p>

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She wept into her husband\u2019s chest.<\/p>

Halabi, a teacher, declined to say how she would vote in November, but said that she is a Republican and always votes.<\/p>

Halabi and her husband, Amjad Muhtaseb, were both registered as delegates for the convention.<\/p>

Muhtaseb, an engineer and business owner, said Muslims are conservative by nature.<\/p>

\u201cWe believe in Adam and Eve,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t believe in this, multiple gender. We don\u2019t drink. We don\u2019t gamble. We are against pornography.\u201d<\/p>

They hope to bring more Muslims into the Republican Party.<\/p>

In the days before the convention, Muhtaseb, along with Tarek Hussein, who founded the Houston CAIR branch, were gaining attention as other delegates began realizing they had connections to CAIR.<\/p>

Muhtaseb spoke at a CAIR news conference about Abbott\u2019s CAIR designation in his capacity as executive director of Muslim American Society-Houston. Muhtaseb said that was his only affiliation with the organization. However, Bonnie Wallace, chair of the convention\u2019s Credentials Committee, incorrectly claimed Muhtaseb served on the board of CAIR-Texas.<\/p>

Throughout the week, members of the convention attempted to remove them as delegates.<\/p>

Ultimately, the party concluded that even the full convention did not have the power to boot them. However, the convention on Friday updated its rules so that next time it meets in 2028, the Credentials Committee could vote to remove delegates with ties to a terrorist organization.<\/p>

\u201cWhile, philosophically, we can agree that CAIR is a terrorist organization and we would not promote them or materially help them, we\u2019re moving the goalpost,\u201d said Gaylyn Devine, an SREC member representing their area in Senate District 11, who defended their place at the gathering. \u201cThey followed the rules. They voted in the Republican primary. One of them has been, like, a 40-year Republican.\u201d<\/p>

Tarek Hussein said they have the right to practice Islam as long as nothing contradicts the Constitution.<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s well known that there is [an] American system, American law, and as Allah-abiding citizens, we all follow that law,\u201d Tarek Hussein said. \u201cHow come you try to create a boogeyman called Sharia law?\u201d<\/p>

Growing the party<\/strong><\/p>

State Rep. Brent Money, a Greenville Republican who founded the Sharia-Free Texas Caucus, told the audience at Scarborough\u2019s panel on Judeo-Christian values that there should be religious tests for people who run for office and that the country should be run by Christians. After his speech, Hussein asked whether Money was saying only Christians should be elected.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m not saying that,\u201d said Money, wearing a red \u201cDefend Texas, Defeat Sharia\u201d hat. He cited the first U.S. Supreme Court justice, John Jay, who wrote in 1816 that, as members of a Christian nation, Americans should elect Christians to office.<\/p>

\u201cWe\u2019ve proven over 250 years that we\u2019re best ruled when we\u2019re ruled by Christian men who serve a God that\u2019s bigger than them and that seek the welfare of everyone that\u2019s here,\u201d Money said.<\/p>

Houston state Rep. Mano DeAyala, the former chair of the Hispanic Republicans of Texas, questioned the wisdom of alienating non-Christians who want to join the party. He acknowledged the \u201cChristian warrior\u2019s\u201d anger, disappointment and frustration with politics, but said the way forward was to \u201cbe Christians,\u201d \u201cbe the good spirit\u201d and to \u201clove each other like ourselves.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cWhat I\u2019m about to say may be a little sacrilegious, but working with the Hispanic Republicans of Texas, there was a point here,\u201d DeAyala said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to grow the party. We are trying to bring more people in this tent.\u201d<\/p>

Another convention delegate, Kevin Jennings of San Antonio, who was attending his first convention in several years, said while he agreed about the dangers of Sharia, he was concerned that Republicans were becoming consumed by the topic.<\/p>

\u201cI think that we\u2019re getting focused off of where the truth should be, and we\u2019re becoming lured around with Sharia focus, and I think that\u2019s a risk that is not well spoken of,\u201d Jennings said. We need to have overwhelmingly speak about Christ, speak about God, and that\u2019s where the focus should be.\u201d<\/p>

Convention reflection<\/strong><\/p>

When it comes time to vote in the midterms, Tarek Hussein plans to support his party where he feels it\u2019s deserved.<\/p>

\u201cI will vote Republican for the good Republican candidate,\u201d he said.<\/p>

Mohamed Hussein, said the convention left himself asking questions.<\/p>

\u201cHow can I possibly get behind a party that tells me to leave, that says convert or leave?\u201d he asked. \u201cHow do they think that is going to be some kind of winning strategy?\u201d<\/p>

The Abbott campaign declined to comment on Hussein\u2019s incident. It was also silent on George\u2019s direction for the delegates to join the Democrats.<\/p>

He also is worried the anti-Islamic rhetoric could lead to more violence against Muslims. Last month, two gunmen, 17 and 18, killed three men when they opened fire at a San Diego mosque. San Diego Police, who are being aided by the FBI, are investigating it as a hate crime.<\/p>

Asked whether he would vote for Talarico, a Presbyterian theologian who frequently discusses his Christian faith on the campaign trail, Hussein said he would vote for the candidate that champions religious liberty and economic prosperity.<\/p>

\u201cI will vote along those principles, but what I saw at the convention is not conservatism, so I\u2019m going to assess in November and vote along with my values,\u201d he said. \u201cAbsolutely, I will be voting for Republicans who denounce this extremism.\u201d<\/p>

In an interview Sunday, Scarborough said he had some regrets about his interaction with Mohamed Hussein, even though he thought he only attended his panel because he viewed the pastor as an enemy of CAIR.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m not an enemy that fights like they fight,\u201d Scarborough said. \u201cI\u2019m gonna fight on my knees, and I will fight in an effort to win Mohamed to Christ.\u201d<\/p>

When Hussein broke down crying, Scarborough said he realized he had pushed Hussein too hard. After insisting that Hussein should give up Sharia or leave the country, \u201cthe pastoral side of me reached out to him in genuine care,\u201d he said, and he offered to pray with Hussein.<\/p>

Scarborough said he has asked God and Hussein for forgiveness for not setting a good example of Judeo-Christian morality. He prayed that Mohamed would convert to Christianity.<\/p>

\u201cI’m trying to process how somebody can say this and then try to pray for me,\u201d Hussein said.<\/p>

But he said he forgave Scarborough.<\/p>

Rattled by the experience, Mohamed Hussein isn\u2019t sure what it means for his politics going forward.<\/p>

\u201cMany, many hear these things, the messaging, and think that they’re dog whistles,\u201d Hussein said. \u201cI was hopeful that I\u2019d come here and get a clarification. What we got was kind of a confirmation.\u201d<\/p>

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This article first appeared on The Texas Tribune.\n

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