Amy Goodman
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Hundreds of Texas Muslim Leaders Receive Alarming Survey Investigating Their Views on Islam

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January 30, 2017

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In Texas, hundreds of Muslim leaders received letters this month ordering them to complete a survey stating their views on Islamic extremism. The inflammatory threequestion survey asks leaders to state whether they believe the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization, whether they would sign a pledge for religious freedom and if they support the Muslim Reform Movement. It’s part of a campaign by Texas state Rep. Kyle Biedermann to expose what he calls "radical Islamic terrorism in Texas." Muslim leaders say it’s the latest Islamophobic attack in a state that has seen a spike in hate crimes since the election of Donald Trumpincluding a weekend arson attack that destroyed a mosque in Victoria.

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