Elibiary (cont’d): Being a community of over a half-million Texans andfrom every background, I naturally ended up learning a lot about theschisms amongst Muslims globally. As an example, in FJF’s second year after having passed Texas’ first Muslim-related law with the aid of a Jewish legislator, I reached out to the Salafi community and brought one of their senior clerics to give the first Friday Muslim congregationalprayer literally inside the Texas State Capitol.
I would end up having to address concerns by Texas Shia Muslim activists for including Salafi Muslims, and when I agreed to speak to Shia Muslim audiences or accept an invitation from my governor to attend aprivate banquet for the Agha Khan, leader of Ismaeli Muslims, I would
