2026-08-22T02:57:17.666Z / 路透社
概要
- 州长格雷格·雅培将两座机场的相关设施提交司法部调查
- 穆斯林倡导团体称雅培此举是“反穆斯林政治噱头”
- 雅培此前已将这些设施提交给联邦运输部进行调查
华盛顿8月21日路透电——得克萨斯州州长格雷格·雅培周五寻求对伊斯兰礼拜前净身使用的机场设施展开联邦调查，此举被一个穆斯林倡导团体称为“反穆斯林政治噱头”。
在写给司法部的一封信中，雅培呼吁该部门立即审查达拉斯-沃斯堡国际机场和乔治·布什洲际机场内的净身设施，称这些设施存在歧视。
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“由于这些机场接受联邦资金，因此需遵守该资金附带的诸多条件——包括遵守所有适用的反歧视法律，”雅培的办公室在一份声明中表示。
许多穆斯林在每日礼拜前会洗脸、手臂和腿。
“这些并非‘仅限穆斯林使用’的空间，就如同哺乳室或跨信仰祈祷室并非‘仅限基督徒使用’或‘仅限母亲使用’一样，”倡导团体美国伊斯兰关系委员会得州分会表示。
“它们是面向所有旅客的便利设施，只是恰好主要被穆斯林社区使用。这并非歧视。这就是无障碍公共基础设施应有的样子，”CAIR-得州在一份声明中说道。
上周，雅培已将这两座机场提交给美国运输部长肖恩·达菲进行调查，并威胁要撤销州级拨款。
雅培称，在提交该调查申请后，达拉斯-沃斯堡机场放弃了增设更多净身设施的计划。该机场本周表示，官员们已认定，如果建造这些设施，“原本预期的收益可能无法实现”。
根据世界人口普查数据，美国约有450万穆斯林，其中得克萨斯州超过30万。
美国人权倡导者表示，自2001年9月11日纽约和五角大楼遇袭以来，伊斯兰恐惧症有所抬头，近期更因反移民政策、白人至上主义以及以色列与加沙战争的余波而加剧。
人权倡导者还记录到，随着美国穆斯林政治家升任要职，美国政治竞选活动中的反穆斯林信息和言论出现激增。
佛罗里达州和得克萨斯州的共和党州长将曾反对共和党总统唐纳德·特朗普的移民打压政策和亲巴勒斯坦抗议活动的CAIR贴上恐怖组织的标签。
CAIR和其他民权团体谴责了这些指控，并表示共和党人试图煽动针对穆斯林的恐惧情绪。
卡尼什卡·辛格华盛顿报道；威廉·马拉德编辑
Texas seeks federal probe of airport washing facilities, Muslim group denounces move
2026-08-22T02:57:17.666Z / Reuters
Summary
- Governor Greg Abbott refers facilities at two airports to DOJ
- Muslim advocacy group says Abbott engaging in ‘anti-Muslim political stunt’
- Abbott previously referred facilities to federal Transportation Department for probe
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday sought a federal probe into airport facilities for ritual washing before Islamic prayers, a move that a Muslim advocacy group called an “anti-Muslim political stunt.”
In a letter to the Department of Justice, Abbott called on the department to immediately review the ablution facilities at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport, casting them as discriminatory.
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“Because the airports receive federal funds, they are subject to numerous conditions attached to that funding – including the requirement to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination,” Abbott’s office said in a statement.
Many Muslims wash their faces, arms and legs before daily prayers.
“These are not ‘Muslim-only’ spaces any more than a nursing room or an interfaith prayer room is ‘Christian-only’ or ‘mothers-only,’” said the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an advocacy group.
“They are accommodations, open to any traveler, that happen to be used mostly by the Muslim community. That is not discrimination. That is what accessible public infrastructure looks like,” CAIR-Texas said in a statement.
Last week, Abbott referred the airports to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy for investigation and threatened to revoke state funding.
Following that referral, Abbott said, DFW abandoned its plans to install more ablution facilities. The airport said this week that officials had “determined the originally anticipated benefit may not be achieved” if the stations were built.
There are about 4.5 million Muslims in the U.S., including more than 300,000 in Texas, the World Population Review says.
U.S. rights advocates say Islamophobia has risen since the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the Pentagon, and more recently because of anti-immigration policies, white supremacy and the fallout of Israel’s war in Gaza.
Rights advocates have also documented a spike in anti-Muslim messaging and rhetoric in U.S. political campaigns as Muslim American politicians have risen to prominent offices and roles.
Republican governors in Florida and Texas have cast CAIR, which has opposed Republican President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration and pro-Palestinian protests, as a terrorist group.
CAIR and other civil rights groups have denounced the claims and said Republicans have attempted to stoke fear against Muslims.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by William Mallard
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