Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A Texas seminary has trained hundreds of imams now preaching across the United States — and its founders have made disturbing claims about women, children, and the law, all while collecting state funding.
In this investigation, Sam Westrop, TPPF Senior Fellow & Director of Islamist Watch at the Middle East Forum, exposes the Kalam Institute in Carrollton, Texas, and its ties to the Deobandi movement — the same ideological current behind the Taliban. We look at what its founders have taught, how its missionary network operates out of Garland, Texas, and why state funds ended up going to an institution with these teachings.
This is part of an ongoing series examining Islamist networks operating inside Texas. Subscribe to follow the full investigation.
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A Texas seminary has trained hundreds of imams now preaching across the United States — and its founders have made disturbing claims about women, children, and the law, all while collecting state funding.
In this investigation, Sam Westrop, TPPF Senior Fellow & Director of Islamist Watch at the Middle East Forum, exposes the Kalam Institute in Carrollton, Texas, and its ties to the Deobandi movement — the same ideological current behind the Taliban. We look at what its founders have taught, how its missionary network operates out of Garland, Texas, and why state funds ended up going to an institution with these teachings.
This is part of an ongoing series examining Islamist networks operating inside Texas. Subscribe to follow the full investigation.
🔔 Subscribe for more investigations into extremist networks operating in the U.S.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s mission is to promote and defend liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise in Texas and the nation by educating and affecting policymakers and the Texas public policy debate with academically sound research and outreach.
Funded by thousands of individuals, foundations, and corporations, the Foundation does not accept government funds or contributions to influence the outcomes of its research.
The public is demanding a different direction for their government, and the Texas Public Policy Foundation is providing the ideas that enable policymakers to chart that new course.
Website: texaspolicy.com
X: twitter.com/tppf
Facebook: facebook.com/texaspolicy
Instagram: instagram.com/texaspolicy
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/texas-public-policy-foundation
