Marketed as “education,” a Texas mosque’s link to Discover Islam exposes a Dawah pipeline that promotes figures like Hamza Yusuf—who publicly defended a convicted cop-killer and now advises the White House—and Yusuf Islam, who endorsed the Rushdie fatwa—revealing how “interfaith outreach” can serve as a vehicle for advancing Islamic supremacy in America.
While Texans are told that mosque “education programs” are about peace and understanding, one Texas mosque’s website tells a very different story.
The Islamic Center of South Plains‘ “Learn About Islam” page directs visitors to Discover Islam — a site devoted to promoting Dawah, a term every non-Muslim should know. Dawah means “the Call to Islam” — an organized campaign that Islamic law requires before jihad can be waged. It’s not about interfaith dialogue; it’s a system of religious expansion aimed at converting societies from within.
One of Discover Islam’s “Featured Scholars” — Hamza Yusuf
Among the prominent figures promoted on Discover Islam’s official website is Hamza Yusuf, co-founder of Zaytuna College in California, often portrayed as a “moderate” and polished Islamic intellectual. But Yusuf’s public record tells a very different story.
Behind the academic veneer lies a long trail of anti-American rhetoric and sympathy for convicted extremists. Yusuf has:
- Defended Jamil Al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown), a convicted cop-killer serving a life sentence for murdering a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia.
- Expressed sympathy for Omar Abdel Rahman, the so-called Blind Sheikh, who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
- Denounced America as “one of the most treacherous countries that ever existed.”
- Accused U.S. universities of “indoctrinating Muslims into kufr” (disbelief).
- Declared that “if Islam isn’t a threat to society, something’s wrong with your Islam.”
Yet despite this history, Hamza Yusuf was quietly appointed to the White House Religious Liberty Advisory Board — a stunning move that places a man with a documented record of radical statements inside a federal advisory role influencing policy on religion in America.
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Texans — and all Americans — deserve to ask: Why is a man with this background being promoted as a “featured scholar” by Discover Islam?
And why has the federal government elevated him to advise on “religious liberty” inside the United States?
On the Discover Islam website— which appears perfectly innocent at first glance — who do they promote as a model for young Muslims? Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam.
That name should ring a bell. Yusuf Islam, the former British pop star, publicly supported the fatwa calling for the murder of author Salman Rushdie after Rushdie published The Satanic Verses — a novel deemed “blasphemous” by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini.
Let’s recall what Yusuf Islam said on the record:
“He must be killed. The Qur’an makes it clear – if someone defames the Prophet, then he must die.”
When asked on live Australian television whether he would attend a protest where an effigy of Rushdie would be burned, Yusuf Islam chillingly replied:
“I would have hoped that it’d be the real thing.”
This is the man a Texas mosque is holding up as part of its educational material.
That fatwa — echoed in statements by Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) — helped fuel decades of threats; in 2022, Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the U.S., suffering severe injuries and losing sight in one eye.
Texans deserve to ask: Why?
Why would any religious institution that claims to promote “understanding” feature a man who publicly supported the Sharia killing of a writer for exercising free speech?
Why are Texas officials silent about religious centers glorifying individuals with a documented record of supporting violence in the name of Islam?
And why is this mosque promoting Dawah programs — whose stated purpose is to “invite” non-Muslims into Islam — instead of promoting shared civic values that unite Texans across faiths?
Public Accountability Matters
If this mosque receives any public funding, local partnerships, or community grants, Texans have a right to know whether taxpayer dollars are indirectly supporting ideological indoctrination that glorifies extremists.
State and local leaders must demand full transparency. Parents should ask: Are these materials being used in youth or “outreach” programs? Are schools being invited into these mosque-led “education” sessions?
A Note of Common Sense
Thankfully, Yusuf Islam won’t be promoting his message in America anytime soon. The singer’s North American book tour was quietly cancelled after he failed to receive a U.S. visa — a decision made under President Trump’s administration.
Good. America has enough Islamic supremacists within our borders already, and sadly, many who have infiltrated this administration.
Texans — do your homework. Visit the website. Screenshot everything. Ask your local officials whether they’ve reviewed what’s being taught under “Dawah.” Demand answers.
Amy Mek
Investigative Journalist