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Shayma Alzubi was reassigned after social media posts supporting Sharia were brought to light. A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the Fort Worth Independent School District over its decision to reassign a newly promoted high school principal after parents and community members raised alarms about her pro-Palestinian and pro‑Sharia social media activity. In May, Fort Worth ISD announced that longtime district administrator Shayma Alzubi had been promoted to serve as principal of Western Hills High School for the 2026–27 school year. Alzubi signed her principal contract and compensation paperwork earlier that month, according to the suit. Days...

Cop: If someone is offended by your talking, then we have a problem ... If they are offended by your speech ... okay I'll write you a ticket and we'll go from there. Former cop: Wait, you're going to ticket us for offensive speech? Cop: Yes! It's disorderly conduct. A Texas police department says it plans to 'look into' a viral video showing one of its officers warning a Christian street preaching group they could be cited for simply saying something offensive to others. The encounter occurred June 27 at Trinity Pride Fest in Fort Worth, where police were caught...

A Fort Worth police officer telling retired police officer and Christian street preacher that he could receive a citation if someone was “offended” by his speech during a Pride event (Screenshot: Sarah Fields/X) The radical left’s war on Christianity and the First Amendment has officially reached a terrifying new flashpoint in the Lone Star State. The encounter, which was first reported by investigative reporter Sarah Fields, has sparked renewed debate over the First Amendment and whether law enforcement can lawfully punish constitutionally protected speech simply because another person finds it offensive According to a video from the June 27 Trinity...

Street preachers Richard Penkoski and David Grisham allege Fort Worth police officers violated their First Amendment rights during Trinity Pride Fest on June 27 by preventing them from preaching on public streets and sidewalks surrounding the event and later issuing one of them a citation for disorderly conduct related to noise. ... Video of the encounter spread quickly on X after Carlos Turcios of The Dallas Express posted footage from the event. By Monday morning, the post appeared as the No. 2 item in X’s News category, according to a screenshot reviewed by The Dallas Express. Elon Musk replied to...

A planned Quran burning Saturday in Amarillo was thwarted by a 23-year-old carrying a skateboard and wearing a T-shirt with "I'm in Repent Amarillo No Joke" scrawled by hand on the back. Jacob Isom, 23, grabbed David Grisham's Quran when he became distracted while arguing with several residents at Sam Houston Park about the merits of burning the Islamic holy book. "You're just trying to start Holy Wars," Isom said of Grisham after he gave the book to a religious leader from the Islamic Center of Amarillo.