AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - DFW Airport abandons Islamic washing station plan after Gov. Abbott orders grant review
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport scrapped a proposal to install Islamic ablution washing stations after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed a review of state grants to the airport and referred it to the U.S. Department of Transportation for investigation. Abbott announced the move Friday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, calling the planned […] The post DFW Airport abandons Islamic washing station plan after Gov. Abbott orders grant review appeared first on American Almanac .
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport scrapped a proposal to install Islamic ablution washing stations after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed a review of state grants to the airport and referred it to the U.S. Department of Transportation for investigation. Abbott announced the move Friday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, calling the planned facilities at the government-owned airport unconstitutional. He ordered a review of all state grants to entities operating both DFW and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, warning that funding could be revoked and future grants denied. He also referred both airports to the USDOT for a federal probe. Hours later, DFW reversed course. The airport said it had "accelerated its…Open
AI:Dallas Fort Worth International Airport has officially abandoned its proposal to install Islamic ablution foot-washing stations in Terminal D following decisive intervention by Governor Greg Abbott. After a regulatory filing revealed the $300,000 project was intended for use at the government-owned facility, Abbott declared the move unconstitutional religious favoritism and ordered a review of all state grants provided to the airport, while also referring the matter to the U.S. Department of Transportation for investigation. The airport, which attempted to claim the project would be privately funded before later admitting it would use airport revenue, reversed course just hours after Abbott threatened to revoke funding, claiming the…Open