On 19 May 2026, this was shared on Facebook amongst my acquaintances. That was a day after the shooting at a San Diego mosque where two teenagers opened fire and killed three men.
The screenshot used here is from a video taken at a Wylie Independent School District school board meeting in 17 February 2026.
Another student, the president of the school’s Republican club said, “They were giving out hijabs to girls throughout the high school, and they were giving our Qurans, and they also had pamphlets about Sharia law.”
The group was “Why Islam” and had been invited on to the campus. However, the main point is the staff didn’t verify and go through the complete approval process.
Of course, the first thing one should consider is the demographics. Wylie, Texas is predominately White (48%). Latinos/Hispanics are 17.9(. Black are 15.5% and Asian are 12.8 percent. The religious demographics are 47.6% at none, but Evangelical Protestant 23.6% and Catholic 14.2%. Mainline protestant 7.5% and Black Protestant 0.1%. That means Christian is 45.4%.
A religious organization, TheMonastery.org reported that the Marco Hunter-Lopez,posted a video on the Denton County Republican Party’s Facebook page.
“We typically have colleges come out,” said the student in the video. “We’ve never had a faith group… I’ve never seen churches, or Bibles passed out.”
The article notes:
Now, administrators at Wylie East High School in Wylie, Texas, are apologizing and launching an internal review and promising tighter enforcement of campus access rules.
However, others argue it’s fair game for other religions to promote themselves in a state that mandates Christian iconography be placed in every classroom.
Further the date is important. It was National Hijab Day.
The group was on campus in celebration of National Hijab Day, which is celebrated in 140 countries and which has the stated goal of educating non-Muslims about the veil. The school says that members of ‘Why Islam’ were invited by a student-led Muslim group, which was not formally approved by the school. According to officials, they were improperly allowed in by a staffer and were able to set up their table during the school’s lunch hour.
An internal review from the district revealed that only about 50 students visited the table. Most just took a piece of candy, though about a dozen tried on a hijab. What began as a small lunchtime table quickly snowballed into a statewide flashpoint once the footage hit social media.
TheMonastery.org, the official site of the Universal Life Church asks:
If one form of religious expression is normalized – even mandated – does another automatically become threatening?
Was this the major breach of church/state separation that many are claiming? Or does the outrage reveal deeper anxieties about which faiths are seen as part of the cultural mainstream, and which are treated as outsiders?
The Universal Life Church (ULC) is a non-demonimational religious organization that was founded in 1962 by Kirby J. Hensley. It’s probably best known for granting members the legal authority to officiate weddings and funerals.
Wylie East High School has about 2,640 students (2023-2024). So 50 students is about 2 percent. of the student body.
National Hijab Day is 2 February.
In Texas, the estimated percentage of Muslims is less than 2%. In the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro area, which may approximate the Wylie demographics, the estimated demographics for other religions is 1% Jewish, 1% Muslim, 1% Buddhist and 3% Hindu. Why does 1% frighten people so much?
In Wylie there is one mosque (Masjid Faizan-E-Madinah Wylie: Located at 641 W Brown St, Wylie, TX 75098) which offers five daily prayers, children’s classes and weekly study circles. There’s also the Islamic Center of Wylie (ICW) which is located at 3990 Lakeway Dr, St. Paul, TX.
Why Islam (often referred to as 877-WHY-ISLAM) is an outreach organization established by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA). Its mission is to educate the public about Islam in hopes of dispelling misconceptions and providing resources to non-Muslims and recent converts.
Matching the transcripts to the quotes used in the screenshot, I believe the person used in the screenshot and quoted in the meme is not a resident. Here is the full text of his comments:
Chris Krok, Richardson, TX (non-resident) Richardson is about 18 miles away from Wylie, Texas or 24 minutes.
“Hello, my name is Chris Krok. America is a Christian nation. The principal one year ago, the principal on the same day, World Hijab Day, wore that hijab and said she loved it–all caps. One year to the day later, on World Hijab Day, Sunday, Monday hits. They’re putting out girls in Sharia, they’re passing out Sharia pamphlets, hijabs, Qurans, Understanding Islam, Understanding Sharia, treating Sharia treats half of this room like cattle. And these women are not cattle. We were laughed at when we say Sharia when we bring it up. But what was passed out at Wylie East? Understanding Sharia. They’re trying to put our daughters, wrap their beauty up, and hide it. This is not a Muslim nation. This is a Christian nation. That principal knew what she was doing, and I am not believing that it was one or two people at that front desk. Fire the principal. You tell these, you tell the parents don’t go online to get information. But what did they get online? Marco told the truth. That’s where they got the information. And you did online, telling us not to go there. This was Dawah, Muslim, proselytizing Dawah. It’s like me as a Christian going into a school and witnessing to these kids. You want me to do that? Let’s go.
CAIR is the only public defender of this abomination in that school. CAIR. CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest ever terrorism financing case in US history, raising $5-7 million to kill Jews with the Holy Land Foundation. Several people from that Holy Land Foundation were sent to prison for decades by the FBI, and they were labeled by our government as non-indicted co-conspirator. CAIR sued to get the name removed. The judge says hell no. You’re an unindicted co-conspirator. That’s the only defender. Publicly. We are their defenders. And every student is gonna be on my podcast. And they all have as much time as they want to tell their story about you guys.” – Chris Krok, Richardson, TX (non-resident)
Here’s what an actual resident, Zuhaib Mohammed of Wylie, TX (resident) said at the same meeting:
“Good evening, board. I’ve been a resident of Wylie for six years. I live here. I pay taxes. I care deeply about the schools that my children attend here and our community standards. What I’ve been seeing, what I’ve been following, the recent incident at Wylie East High School, has been somewhat troubling to me. Not because people have asked questions, but some of the facts were actually replaced with fear. I want to make it clear that no individual or group should distribute any material, religious, political, on school grounds without any kind of district permission. If these individuals involved did not have any kind of authorization, that is wrong. School policies exist for a reason. They must be enforced consistently. But enforcing that policy, it does not justify what followed. Instead of procedural discussions, we saw online hysteria. Fabricated narratives about Islam. It had nothing to do with much reality. Most of it’s centered on Sharia law, a term people use without understanding.
I want to make it clear. Sharia–it’s not a legal code in the American sense. It’s not an enforceable law. A little elementary lesson for everyone. It’s a personal religious framework. It’s a way of living, just like Christians, how they follow their biblical teachings or Jewish families keep kosher. It does not replace any city ordinances, state law, or the Constitution. I believe the majority may agree with me that I also believe in the separation of church and state. I don’t believe any religion, including my own, Islam, should be taught in public schools. That’s why we have faith-based schools around the city. My children, I want them to go to school to learn science, math, history, and learn critical thinking, not theology.” – Zuhaib Mohammed, Wylie, TX (resident)
And another resident:
Minor Child, Murphy, TX (resident)
“Hello. Peace be upon you all. It is terrifying to stand up here today and face all the hate behind me. I am a proud Muslim senior expecting to graduate from Wylie High School in three months. I stand in front of you as a representative of every Muslim woman who comes to your ISD to learn, of the Muslim students on your campus, and as the vice president of the Muslim Student Association at Wylie High School, I’d like to start off by saying, this is my home. This is my home. This ISD houses my community regardless of religion. Muslim, Christian, Hindu, atheist, my people. I was born here. I grew up here, and this will be my home and my alma mater. Every morning from the moment we first walk at Wylie High School in your freshman year, we walk past a poster in front of the office with the words: “Hate has no home here.”
As of tonight, the Holy month of Ramadan starts for your students and your Muslim students in your schools. It’s a spiritual time and the students will aim to spend more of their times in acts of worship. Your students are starting to fast from sunrise to sunset with no food or water to drink in between. Similar to Lent in Christianity. So soon after a public uproar regarding the hijab booth at Wylie East High on February 2nd, students are cautious about being able to express their religion and practice their First Amendment rights freely.
I do not ask you to indulge students nor anyone who does not follow protocols nor follow the rules of your school. Rather, I ask you to show your students that they’ll be protected from the hate you say has no home here. Even if that means something as simple as smiling at them. I have all the confidence that the leaders of Wylie ISD will make a complete effort to eradicate such hatred, targeting the Muslim students at Wylie ISD. You have the power, and you have the responsibility. I thank you all for your time. God bless America.” – Minor Student, Murphy, TX (resident)
What’s important is that a student group invited a group on campus. The mistake was in the administrative steps for clearance.