This news article from Revolver reads like a horror story for those who care about traditional Texan culture, starting with de Vaca and de Coronado, on to Davy Crockett and Sam Houston, to Gen John Bell Hood and Lt Richard Dowling, and the rest of ’em:

‘As of now, Texas has the third-largest Middle Eastern immigrant population in America.

‘And that new influx of Muslims is already making sweeping changes in the Lone Star State. Just to be clear, the video clips you’re about to see weren’t filmed in Iran. They were filmed in Texas.

‘Yes, the footage is from 2022, but there’s nothing “old news” about it. Texas is changing fast, and the rise of the Muslim population and culture is playing a major role in that transformation.

‘Wall Street Apes:

‘“Seeing this in America, you should be aware of what’s happening in Texas – Texas is the number 1 state for fastest growing amount of new Muslim Mosques – Texas state government has allocated approximately $13 million in taxpayer funds to 18 Islamic organizations just in 2025 – Texas is now ranked 3rd for most Muslim Mosques in the nation – Texas is expected to overtake California for the number 1 ranking for most mosques nationwide numbers by 2025–2030, potentially as early as 2025 (THIS YEAR) if the rate new mosques being built continues”

‘Here’s another video from that event.

‘Amy Mek:

‘“Islamized Texas The New “Mecca of the United States”

‘“Dallas has fallen….

‘“Muslim men pounding their chests in the streets of Texas for Ashura, while over 70 mosques, Islamic schools, political groups, and “religious leaders” already dominate Dallas.

‘“You think this looks foreign now? Give it five more years. Our demographics are vanishing, our culture erased, and our leaders sold us out without a fight.

‘“Where are the values that built Texas?

‘“Gone – replaced.”

‘’ (‘This isn’t Iran… It’s Texas…,’ revolver.news).

Alarmingly, Texas’s situation isn’t unique.  Islam is gaining ground all across the US, where the number of mosques has increased by 31% from 2010 to 2020, from 2,106 to 2,769.

We are heading for a gigantic reckoning in Texas and many another State in Dixie and beyond.  The political institutions that we’ve grown accustomed to aren’t going to last very long under the influence of the imams of Dallas, Minneapolis, etc.  What has developed under Christianity will change dramatically under Islam.  We are not so keen on some of Alexander Hamilton’s views, he being a strong proponent of turning the United States into an empire with a powerful central government, but he expressed the truth when he wrote in 1799,

‘“I hold with Montesquieu, that a government must be fitted to a nation, as much as a coat to the individual; and, consequently, that what may be good at Philadelphia may be bad at Paris, and ridiculous at Petersburg.”

‘In other words, not every people was capable of political freedom because not every people is grounded in the same moral code, religion, civic understanding, and cultural norms that helped forge this nation. A republic is not held together by geography, but by bonds of belonging and loyalty. It requires a people who speak the same language, revere the same traditions, and share the same worldview and morality’ (Brianna Lyman, ‘You Can’t Celebrate 1776 While Ignoring The Invasion We’re Dealing With In 2025,’ thefederalist.com).

But the importance of religion goes beyond its effects on the political system.  The soul’s relationship with God the All-Holy Trinity is most essential.  And this is why Christianity must be upheld and Islam and other religions discouraged, because only the Church can unite us with God.  An homily given by Elder Philotheos for the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul illustrates both the blessings that come from faith in Christ and the curses that befall those who reject Him:

‘Without neither fear nor trembling, he [St Peter] stood before kings and tyrants, teaching and rebuking and remaining fearless in the face of threats and dangers. Eager and tireless, although he was an elder, he began preaching from Jerusalem, running to Judea, Antioch, Pontus and Galatia, Bithynia and Cappadocia, Europe and Asia. In Rome he was martyred for Christ by being crucified by Nero with his head down.

‘ . . . Like a winged eagle he traveled the whole universe preaching the word of God and baptizing those who believed. In this Apostle one sees wonderful and extraordinary things that transcend all human power; that is why Divine Chrysostom was right to exclaim in one of his sermons: “No other Paul will be born.” His struggles and efforts for the gospel are beyond reason; the dangers, tribulations, sorrows, and other afflictions are indescribable.

‘Listen, my beloved ones, in a few words, you have heard the achievements of the foremost Apostles. How did they perform such signs and wonders? By what means? With faith. All the wondrous and extraordinary things that the Apostles and all the Saints did, they did with faith.

‘This is the faith of the Saints, but what is the faith of our Christians today?

‘What do I see, what do I hear from the illiterates, the peasants, the shepherds? Blasphemies, obscenities, thefts. What do I see in the rich, in the merchants? Greed, seizures, avarice. What do I see in the rulers? Egoism, arrogance, flattery, deceit, covetousness. In all, both the people and the clergy, one sees negligence, lethargy, corruption, paralysis. And then we wait for progress, we wait for wars, sorrows and misfortunes to stop. I said it, I say it and I will keep saying it; when we repent, when we become pious, then our troubles will cease’ (Elder Philotheos Zervakos, ‘On the Feast of the Foremost Apostles Peter and Paul (Elder Philotheos Zervakos,’ johnsanidopoulos.com).

The government has a role to play in all of this, but in Texas and the other States and at the federal level, it has played this role very badly, either acting indifferently toward Christianity or, as we have seen above, actively aiding the enemies of the Church.  On this point, Jeff LeJeune made a relevant point about the history of Christian monarchs who used the authority and power of their position to encourage peoples, whether their own or foreigners, to accept the love and mercy of Christ.  Some of them did go too far in their zeal for the salvation of souls, but their example of cooperation with the Church is nonetheless a better model for Church-government relations than the current Enlightenment model of strict separation between the two.

The States will need political leaders with that kind of devotion to God, with that kind of wisdom and courage, to forestall the further advances of apostasy from Christ and the growth of Islam.  An interesting candidate has emerged in Texas who may fit that mold, Dr Pete Chambers (bolding in the original):

‘In a political landscape often filled with rehearsed slogans and polished resumes, Dr. Pete Chambers—also known by his ancestral name, Chambiras—emerges as a striking exception. A first-generation Greek-American, decorated military veteran, physician, and outspoken advocate for constitutional rights, Chambers has announced his candidacy for Governor of Texas in 2026, offering a message rooted in courage, heritage, and service.

‘ . . . For Greek Americans across the country, Chambers’ candidacy resonates on many levels. It’s a story of immigrant strength, national service, and a return to the civic values that built both Greece and America: honor, sacrifice, and courage in the face of tyranny’ (‘From Greek Roots to the Texas Frontier: Pete Chambers’ Bold Run for Governor,’ helleniscope.com).

The Christians of Greece are intimately acquainted with what life under Islam is like, having been under the Ottoman Turkish yoke from 1453 to 1821, and it was most assuredly an oppressive tyranny.

That same tyranny is precisely what Texas and the rest of the States are facing as Islam grows within them, and as Christianity declines.  Some other countries in the West seem to have given up in the face of a similar religious battle.  Texans, and Southerners in general, are known for their fighting spirit.  They will need to muster as much of it as they can, imploring God’s help all the while, if they are going to be successful in repelling the Islamic threat that is increasing by the day.