Texas Hindus Targeted Wrongly Labeled As Muslims Amid Frisco City Council Controversy
SUHAAS KAUL
MAY 24, 2026

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Indian Hindus in Texas are growing increasingly frustrated as they are wrongly conflated with Muslims in public discourse. This confusion has real consequences for Hindu Americans who face the same suspicion and hostility directed at Muslim communities despite having nothing in common with them. The conflation ignores the profound differences in history, philosophy, and values between these two faiths while overlooking the massive contributions Hindu Americans have made to Texas and the United States.
The Frisco City Council Incident
At the last Frisco City Council meeting, council member Jake Lang sparked controversy by speaking about Hindus and Muslims taking over Texas as if they were the same group. This remark demonstrated a fundamental misunderstanding that has real consequences for Hindu Americans who are now being targeted with the same suspicion and hostility directed at Muslim communities. Lang’s comment ignored the fact that Hindus and Muslims have completely different religious texts, practices, histories, and relationships with American society……
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