Texas Democrats won big on Nov. 3. Three days later, some imams told Muslims to build on the win. "They were using fear to win this election. Alhamdulillah, they lost," Imam Nadim Bashir said at the East Plano Islamic Center. He told Muslims to "double down and do even more."
The Islamic Center of Irving titled its Nov. 6 sermon "New Era, New Opportunities." The speaker, Dr. Main Alqudah, is a Houston scholar. He said "maybe" the vote "is a very good evidence of the influence that the Muslim community is making." He said Muslims "participate and positively contribute in changing even the American identity." Profoundd heard three minutes of the 25-minute sermon, from an edited clip of the mosque's video. No quote here crosses a cut.
Karim AbuZaid runs a Muslim center in Colorado. His group opens a mosque in Richardson on Nov. 27. In a Nov. 6 sermon, he called the Texas result "a chance for us Muslims to grab by the will of Allah." He said believers "have to confront the disbelievers, not necessarily physically." He said that could mean "lawful means," like elections. "But it will escalate to confrontational," he said. "It has to at the end."
AbuZaid said laws made by people will fail. He called Sharia, or Islamic law, "the only thing which will bring peace on the face of this earth." He also said, "We're not going to force it on you." An article his group posted says the teaching is "not permission to attack people merely because they hold a different religion." AbuZaid said he does not vote.
Critics warned about this before the vote. In August, the Christian legal group Liberty Counsel said "it won't be long before these elected Muslims begin forcing Sharia upon Americans." Gov. Greg Abbott promised in September to "fully ban Sharia law" in Texas. In 2025 he named the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) a terrorist group. CAIR is fighting that in federal court. Attorney General Ken Paxton sued to shut CAIR down.
Abbott and Paxton both lost on Nov. 3. CAIR's Texas office cheered. It said Texas Muslims "are no longer a political football. We are equal political participants." CAIR says Muslim candidates won nine Texas races and lost two. Letitia Plummer won the top job in Harris County. She is the first Muslim to hold it. She said she is "judge-elect to every person in this county." State Reps. Salman Bhojani and Suleman Lalani won again.
Not every imam saw a win. In Irving, Sheikh Yaser Birjas said people talk about states turning blue, then red again. "That's not the biggest concern," he said. None of the imams in this story holds office.
Reporting through Tuesday, November 10, 2026. Sources: EPIC Masjid, Imam Nadim Bashir, Nov. 6, 2026; CAIR-Texas, Nov. 4, 2026; CAIR, Nov. 5, 2026, and its candidate tracker; KERA via Houston Public Media, Sept. 11, 2026; Houston Public Media, Nov. 3, 2026; Houston Chronicle, Nov. 4, 2026; KPRC results; Islamic Center of Irving, "New Era, New Opportunities," Nov. 6, 2026; AMJA, Dr. Main Al-Qudah; Karim AbuZaid, "The U.S. Election Through a Qur'anic Lens," Nov. 6, 2026; Karim AbuZaid's site; AIM Seminary article, Nov. 6, 2026; AIM Seminary, Dar Al-Tawheed Masjid inauguration; Dallas Express, Nov. 9, 2026; Valley Ranch Islamic Center, Sh. Yaser Birjas, Nov. 6, 2026; The Media Line, Nov. 8, 2026; Liberty Counsel, August 2026; Axios Houston, Nov. 4, 2026.
