If Muslim people “get power, they’ll cut your head off as believers of Christ,” a former Southern Baptist minister reportedly said, at a Republican Party of Texas State Convention, in Houston. Recent, repeated attacks on Texas’s Muslim community have prompted fresh efforts to mobilize Muslim voters in the state. Although the group likely comprises less than two per cent of the state’s population, it could make a difference in this year’s unusually close contests. “The perception of most of the people is: ‘Red state, my vote doesn’t count,’ ” one resident said. “We have to vote,” said another. “We have to make a society where everyone respects everyone, regardless of their religion, their language, their looks, their skin, their gender.” Read Peter Slevin’s report on Texas’s Muslim voters and canvassers: newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…