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Exclusive: Embattled Texas Mayor Discusses Pro-Muslim Rallies, Security, and City’s Character

In a Breitbart Texas video interview, Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne discussed the upcoming protests, security concerns, and Irving’s character, a city maligned for its patriotism, and state and local pride. Pro-Muslim groups plan to rally on Saturday, December 12 at the Islamic Center of Irving, in the culturally diverse Dallas suburb of Irving, the controversial hotbed for protests and counter-protests.

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Culture Clash: Multiple Protests Planned for Texas Mosques

Cultures may clash or even collide in the Dallas area Saturday when pro-Islam, anti-Muslim, armed protesters, and pacifists demonstrate at two area hotbed mosques. One mosque is in Irving, former home to ‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed, and the other, in Richardson.

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‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed Claims Fears of Anti-Islam Protests Keep Him from Returning to U.S.

‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed Mohamed claims anti-Islam protests held in Irving, Texas, keep him from returning to the United States. In October, the teen and his family relocated to Qatar after the controversial Texas student accepted a fully-funded education scholarship from the Muslim Brotherhood associated Qatar Foundation. Ahmed insists that, although homesick in Qatar, even peaceful anti-Islam rallies held in Irving are stopping him from traveling back to the place he calls home, Texas.

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Pro-Islamic Group Stages Counter-Protest to Support Texas Mosque

Nearly 100 demonstrators rallied in front of the Islamic Center in Irving, Texas on Saturday to counter-protest last week’s small gathering who protested armed yet peacefully in front of the mosque. This weekend’s event was positioned as a “rally of love” to support the mosque.

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Muslim Former Texas Student’s Unexpected Revelations of ‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed’s School

A Muslim student shared unexpected revelations about the same Texas high school attended by “Clock Boy” Ahmed in documents Breitbart Texas obtained through an open records request. The documents reveal a viewpoint unheard so far because Irving Independent School District officials cannot voice their side of the story due to federal privacy laws connected to the Mohamed family’s not signing a waiver to allow this information to become public.

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‘Clock Boy’ Ahmed’s Demand Letter: Pay Up or Else!

On Monday, the family of Ahmed Mohamed demanded $15 million — $10 million from the City of Irving and $5 million from the Irving Independent School District. A 10-page letter to the Irving City Attorney and a similar 9-page letter to the school district attorney allege innumerable claims about “Clock Boy’s” Sept. 14 arrest, among them ‘Islamophobia.’

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Will Open Carry be Allowed on K-12 Campuses, Dem. State Senator Asks Texas AG

Texas State Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston) asked the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton to clarify the meaning of the word “premises” in the state’s new open carry law, which goes into effect on January 1. At issue is what constitutes school premises and if open carry will be allowed on K-12 campuses. Whitmire filed for the opinion (RQ-0054-KP) on behalf of lobbyists groups.

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ISIS Recruiting Youth in North Texas over Internet, Says Dallas FBI

There is “no doubt” ISIS is recruiting youth in North Texas, by targeting them over the internet, said Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas FBI, Tom Class. He added that Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria alter their tactics to make it harder for federal agents to track them online.

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REMINDER: 7 Texas Cities are on ISIS ‘Kill List’

Last March, seven Texas cities were named on an ISIS “kill list” as part of an online terroristic threat disseminated over social media that identified U.S. Armed Forces personnel and released the individual’s names, photos, and home addresses. Concerned “kill list” chatter kicked up among Texans over social media following the gruesome ISIS attack on Paris, leaving at least 129 dead. That list gives pause to all in this post-9/11, post-Madrid, and now, post-Paris world.

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National Education Lobbyists Gang Up to Crush Texas Campus Carry

National “Big Higher Education” lobbyist organizations joined forces to gang up on Texas in an anti-campus carry statement that zeroed in on the University of Texas (UT) at Austin where days ago, activist Gun Free UT lawyered up in an effort to thwart the implementation of the new state law.

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Texas Officials Name ‘Assessments and Accountability’ Education Commission Picks

Top Texas officials named 11 of 15 appointees to the newly created public education Commission on Next Generation Assessments and Accountability, authorized through the passage of House Bill 2804 during the 84th legislative session. The short-term 15-member commission’s sole purpose is to write a report that develops and makes recommendations “for new systems of student assessment and public school accountability” which is due by September 1, 2016.