(LifeSiteNews) — Dallas Fort-Worth (DFW) Airport scrapped plans to install Islamic foot-washing stations in men’s and women’s washrooms after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott decried the plan as “illegal” and “religious discrimination.”
“Government-owned airports cannot favor one religion over all others,” the Republican governor wrote on X late yesterday evening.
“DFW plans to install Islamic wudu washing facilities are illegal,” he declared. “I’ve directed a review of all state grants to both airports for possible revocation and referred DFW & IAH to USDOT for investigation.”
“Texas will not allow illegal religious discrimination at taxpayer-funded facilities,” he emphasized.
Government-owned airports cannot favor one religion over all others.
DFW plans to install Islamic wudu washing facilities are illegal. I’ve directed a review of all state grants to both airports for possible revocation, and referred DFW & IAH to USDOT for investigation.
Texas… pic.twitter.com/XY58WAKJ8N
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) August 14, 2026
Abbott directed a review of all state grants to entities that operate airports in Texas for possible revocation of active state grant funds and the denial of any future grants due to illegal religious discrimination at government-owned facilities. He also referred DFW and IAH to the U.S. Department of Transportation for investigation and enforcement.
“These ablution facilities appear designed to single out one subset of the population for special treatment based on religion. That is illegal,” Gov. Abbott said. “Both airports are government-owned facilities. The federal and state constitutions prohibit government from facilitating this sort of discrimination. Just as the government cannot favor the secular over the sacred, it also cannot favor one religious view over all others.”
The governor’s strong statement and call for an investigation of DFW and Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), where foot-washing stations already exist, came after searing online criticism of the plan erupted on social media earlier in the day.
Installation of the “Wudu ablution” stations aimed at helping Muslims to ritually prepare to engage in prayer has been explained as a measure to prevent water from accumulating on restroom floors and sink counters — currently a hazard at major international gateways.
DFW Airport is installing Islamic foot-washing stations inside its bathrooms.
The project will add special Wudu ablution stations. Similar stations already exist at other major U.S. airports like Chicago O’Hare. The culture shift continues one airport at a time. pic.twitter.com/DA6y8C9PQq— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) August 13, 2026
“People washing their feet in standard bathroom sinks creates soaked, slippery floors and breaks the counters. Low-level wudu basins keep the restrooms dry and safe for everyone,” conservative activist Ryan Fournier explained. It’s “just about keeping the bathrooms clean and preventing people from slipping on wet tiles. Plain and simple.”
Other conservatives shared completely different points of view.
“This isn’t accommodation, it’s conquest. And it’s only the beginning,” Republican U.S. House Rep. Keith Self of Texas wrote on X.
“The Sharia takeover happening right before our eyes must be stopped!” he declared.
Fellow U.S. House Rep. Brandon Gill offered a short timeline challenging the growing presence of Islamic accommodations in the nation’s airports:
2001: Muslim terrorists hijack commercial airplanes and slaughter 2,977 Americans.
2026: One of the largest airports in America installs third world foot washing stations for Muslims.
Major airports have for decades provided interfaith chapel spaces within their terminal buildings. However, some have cited how even those spaces now cater mostly to Islamic worshipers, with the rooms not dominated by the presence of a cross or other Christian images but by Islamic prayer rugs.
Christian activist Kira Davis spoke of her disturbing Palm Sunday experience in one of DFW’s interfaith chapels earlier this year. She said that the airport’s chapels are now “basically mosques”:
I have a habit of stopping by airport chapels when I have the time. Most of them have closed down in the US in major airports, but DFW reopened theirs and they’re basically mosques.
I had a very uncomfortable experience praying in the chapel on Palm Sunday, but I refused to leave while the Muslims were being so nasty. I refused to leave what is meant to be a temple of the Lord, especially on Palm Sunday. I had a long layover so I waited them out.
One man grew frustrated after about 30 minutes and left, but not before others came in. They were clearly having conversations about me in Arabic. They weren’t being shy about letting me know they were talking about me. But I sat and prayed and read the Bible and I did not leave until the last Muslim had cleared out.
It was actually a very scary experience given how isolated the chapel was, but I think we need to start staking ground.
I have a habit of stopping by airport chapels when I have the time. Most of them have closed down in the US in major airports, but DFW reopened theirs and they’re basically mosques. I had a very uncomfortable experience praying in the chapel on Palm Sunday, but I refused to leave… pic.twitter.com/EPh2SuLV8X
— Kira (@Kiradavis) March 30, 2026