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Minaret Foundation Outlook Overview: 5th Edition

Announcing our new staff and Summer 2023 interns! New Staff at Minaret Foundation Fatima Shah joins us as our Administrative Coordinator. Fatima is pursuing her...

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Five bills, Five LAWS! We did it!

We’re thrilled to share some exciting news: Governor Abbott has signed his signature on not one, not two, but FIVE of our groundbreaking bills, turning them into LAW! Ou...

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Press Release: Religious Excuse Letters, HB1212

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 06/07/2023 Shariq Abdul Ghani Minaret Foundation (713) 443-3504 shariq@minaretfoundation.com GOVERNOR ABBOTT SIGNS HOUSE BILL 1212 FURTHERING RELIGIOUS ...

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Press Release: Judicial Awareness Training Act, SB855

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 05/30/2023 Shariq Abdul Ghani Minaret Foundation (713) 443-3504 shariq@minaretfoundation.com GOVERNOR ABBOTT SIGNS SENATE BILL 855 MANDATING FAMILY VIOL...

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Press Release: No Kids In Cuffs, SB133

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 06/19/2023 Shariq Abdul Ghani Minaret Foundation (713) 443-3504 shariq@minaretfoundation.com NO KIDS IN CUFFS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT  Eliminates Chil...

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Take a Look: Austin City-Wide Iftar

We are excited to share highlights from the 2023 Austin City-Wide Iftar on April 2nd. Held at the Asian American Resource Center, this event celebrated unity and Muslim civic ...

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We made NATIONAL news! Did you see it?

We were featured in a national news story with the Religious News Service! It was an honor to have our work featured to show how a Muslim organization is working to ...

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Recap: Legislator and Uyghur Survivor Press Conference

“Inmates turned into bodies without souls,” recollects Sayragul Sauytbay, a 43-year-old Uyghur Muslim woman forced into a reeducation facility. Imprisonment and genoc...

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Advocacy Weekly: Sharon Jones, Children At Risk

Advocacy Weekly is a series welcoming those working to make a difference in the community around them. Our team sits down with leaders in their space and discusses the who, wh...

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Minaret Foundation Outlook Overview: 4th Edition

Following a press conference in the State Capitol, No Kids In Cuffs is making the news in a big way throughout the state! We’re proud of how far our policy ...