CAIR slams Texas governor’s ‘anti-Muslim stunt’ on airport washing stations

Dallas-Fort Worth airport scraps plans for wudu facilities after Republican governor threatens to revoke state funds.The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) has condemned Texas Governor Greg Abbott for opposing stations for Islamic pre-prayer ablution, known as wudu, at two airports in the state.The civil rights group accused Abbott on Monday of performing another “anti-Muslim political stunt” with his outrage over the facilities.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3How the US far-right weaponised ‘inshallah’ against Abdul El-Sayedlist 2 of 3Trump warns of ‘jihadists’ ruling in Washington as Democrats show momentumlist 3 of 3John Esposito, pioneering scholar of Islam in the US, dies aged 86end of list“Of all the silly controversies that [Abbott] has manufactured about Muslims over the past year, the airport washing station outrage might be the most ridiculous. And hypocritical,” CAIR said in a social media post.Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) scrapped plans for wudu stations after Abbott threatened to revoke state funding for the transportation hub.“Like all proposed projects, the airport ultimately considers the operational benefits, customer servic...