'Political stunt': Cair slams Texas governor for threatening airports that install ablution stations for Muslims

'Political stunt': Cair slams Texas governor for threatening airports that install ablution stations for Muslims Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 08/17/2026 - 18:58 Foot washing stations accommodate, but are not limited to, practising Muslims who perform five obligatory prayers a day Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott gives an interview on The Sunday Briefing programme on Fox News, on 16 August 2026 (Screengrab) Off The largest Muslim civil rights organisation in the US slammed the governor of Texas on Monday for his threats to withhold funding to airports in the state that build spaces to accommodate practising Muslims. "Of all the silly controversies that @GregAbbott_TX has manufactured about Muslims over the past year, the airport washing station outrage might be the most ridiculous. And hypocritical," the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) wrote on X on Monday.