National Security and Islamist Organizations

Women’s rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who fled Somalia after suffering female genital mutilation, has endorsed Sen. John Cornyn in Texas’s contentious Republican Senate primary, arguing that “only John Cornyn has a proven record of stopping radical Islamic extremism.” In a video, she warns that America and Texas are not immune to radical Islam and says Cornyn, unlike first‑term hopefuls Ken Paxton and Wesley Hunt, has consistently taken the threat seriously. Cornyn’s camp highlights his Defeat Sharia Law in America Act, co‑sponsorship of the No Sharia Act, legislation to strip tax‑exempt status from groups that support designated terrorist organizations, and his push to label CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist entities. The article notes that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently proclaimed CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood “foreign terrorist organizations” under state law, underscoring how claims about Sharia law and Islamist organizations are becoming central in GOP politics in Texas. Former President Trump has so far stayed neutral in the primary while hinting he may endorse, telling Fox he is “friendly with all of them,” leaving this high‑profile backing as one of the first major outside signals in the race.