The shooter behind the attack in Austin—Ndiaga Diagne, 53, originally from Senegal but a naturalized U.S. citizen since around 2012—called Pflugerville home. He opened fire from his SUV in the heart of where students and tourists gather on West Sixth Street just before 2 a.m., killing two people (plus himself after law enforcement took him down) and wounding 14 others in what originally looked like a drive-by targeting folks on the patio and spilling out of the bar.

Police found a Quran in his vehicle, and the shooter was reportedly wearing a hoodie that said “Property of Allah” along with other clothing tied to Islamic themes (some sources mention an Iranian flag element too). The FBI’s already digging in, looking at possible ideological drivers—including whether this ties back to revenge over the recent U.S.-Israeli strikes that took out Iran’s Supreme Leader. They’re calling it a “potential nexus to terrorism,” but stressing the investigation is super early.

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This doesn’t feel like some random act of violence.

Pflugerville is exactly the suburb Amy Mek and RAIR Foundation have been ringing alarm bells about for a long time now. Their reports on the Islamic Center of Pflugerville (Mohammadi Masjid) have uncovered plenty of red flags. There’s a Pakistani-trained imam pushing hard to build what looks like a standalone Islamic city right there in the suburbs. They’re in the middle of a major expansion—Phase 3 alone is estimated at about $1.34 million in community donations—adding more space, a full-time Islamic school, separate areas for men and women, and spots geared toward Sharia-style living.

From what they’ve shared publicly (sermons, statements), they are aggressively digging in, pushing halal at every layer of American life, setting up Sharia boards, demanding wider adoption of those rules, which amounts to economic or cultural pressure tactics. Critics argue this isn’t just peaceful worship; it’s linked to Hijrah, the historic Islamic migration. Back in 622 CE, the Prophet Muhammad moved from Mecca to Medina to start building a strong Muslim community there. Today we see the same–planned immigration and settlements in non-Muslim countries to grow influence, plant roots, and slowly shift norms toward Islamic government–Sharia.

All this is creating a government and cities within our American cities. Their closed-off society and lack of assimilation show their disinterest in becoming more American, but an interest in making America more Sharia. These parallel systems create governments and policies that are incompatible with the American government and our Constitution. Sharia can’t exist and be Constitutional. These communities would seem to be of concern to local and state leaders and law enforcement, but so far, there hasn’t been a serious effort to evaluate and investigate these Sharia communities.

Pflugerville isn’t an outlier either. You see these Sharia communities popping up in suburbs across the country as Muslim communities grow, dig in, pool resources, and set up entire parallel societies:

• In North Texas, the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) floated a huge 402-acre plan (originally named EPIC City, later renamed to distract from the original PR backlash) with a mosque, 1,000+ Islamic-only homes, a K-12 Islamic school, Islamic senior living, sports complex and leagues, Sharia shops, Sharia healthcare and more–all inclusive and essentially a parallel city and government. Its plans have raised investigations, fair housing complaints, and big debates about whether it’s inclusive or discriminatory.  Nothing has happened to deter its progress.
• In Michigan, the Islamic Association of Greater Detroit wrapped a $20 million upgrade in Rochester Hills, turning it into one of the biggest centers around—extra prayer space, community rooms, education wings—riding the wave of suburban Muslim growth.
• Orlando’s Islamic Center swapped out its old building for something way bigger that can handle 5,000 people, matching the boom in that area’s population.
• Then there’s Houston (the “Shia Ismaili Centre Houston”, the same sect of Islam that we currently are facing in Iran), Broken Arrow in Oklahoma (a mosque plus retail rezoning), and scattered Texas suburbs cranking out new mosques fast, often bundling in Islamic schools, separate prayer zones, and halal everything.

Try building a massive American megachurch in Pakistan or similar majority-Islam countries—openly pushing Christian beliefs and practices—it would never fly. Restrictions, social pushback, and outright bans make it completely impossible. Here in Texas and the U.S., though? These Islamic centers keep expanding with huge funding, big plans, and little oversight.

This Austin shooting by a man living in the same community that’s been flagged for extremism should be a wake-up call.  It’s not “just diversity,” it’s conquest.

ACTION POINT: Tomorrow (Tuesday), Texas will vote to either welcome the growth of Sharia communities or to reject Sharia from existing in Texas. Constitutionally, it’s puzzling how that is even a question we need to ask. But voters in Texas have a chance to speak up to protect the state from the infiltration of another governing system (Sharia)–a system that allows adult men to marry children as young as 9–and consummate it. A system that rescinds equal rights for women. A system that disallows dogs as pets, as they view them as unclean. A system that would condemn a person to stoning, flogging, or even death for leaving the Muslim faith. A system that believes that all people MUST embrace Islam either peacefully or by force.

Is this truly the Texas we wish to leave behind? Is this the future we envision for our wives, our daughters, our families—where brutal foreign legal codes quietly erode the freedoms we hold dear?

Recent polls reveal a sobering reality: those favoring the influence of Sharia principles lead by nearly a quarter million votes in key precincts. The margin is not insurmountable, but it demands that every pro-America voice be heard.

Your ballot is more than a choice—it’s a solemn duty. Can you name even one compelling reason to stay home, to remain silent, when the very Constitution that safeguards our liberties and the enduring values that define Texas stand at stake?

The voting booth awaits. Speak boldly for the America—and the Texas—we love.

And if you don’t live in Texas, it doesn’t mean there isn’t a need for your voice on this issue. Pray for the vote in Texas, and then find out what Islamic growth plans are happening in your own state.