Muslim-Only Cemetery Fuels Concerns Over Secrecy, Rule of Law

Pedro Rodriguez

•   June 23, 2026

After a Muslim-only cemetery that claims to follow “Islamic rule over U.S. law” raised concerns from the public and elected officials alike in Texas, Rep. Keith Self told the Daily Signal the graveyard is a prime example of Islamic secrecy that threatens America’s national security.

“I don’t have a problem with Muslim-only cemeteries, but I have problems with the fact that we don’t know anything about deaths in the Islamic community,” Self stated.

Self, a former county judge, said that, during his tenure, local law enforcement officials repeatedly raised those concerns with him.

“The senior Plano detective told me that he has never received a call on an unattended death from the Islamic community. We do not know how these people are dying,” Self said.

Aside from the secrecy over the deaths of those who are buried in the Muslim-only cemetery, Self added that the secrecy of Islamic law concerns him. He described the issue as a national security concern.

“There are U.S. Laws that they have to follow,” Self said. “My issue is [that] we don’t know anything about Islamic law.”

“One of those things that we do know, for instance, is that a Muslim man has the right to four marriages. The Muslim community is so insulated and closed off that we don’t know about three of the four marriages. The first happens in court, but the rest is unknown.”

During his interview with the Daily Signal, Self said the reason Islamic rule is unknown to non-Muslims is not because there is no interest or curiosity from the public to uncover the secrecy of Islamic communities in America. Instead, it’s because the Islamic community is using “our very generous laws” to “hide behind the curtain of the First Amendment, which prevents us from knowing the details.”

Self fears this trend will continue as Islam makes inroads throughout the United States.

“They are going to hide behind this freedom-of-religion curtain. Who is going to have the courage to call them out?” Self concluded.

Pedro Rodriguez
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Pedro Boccalato Rodriguez-Aparicio is a journalism fellow at the Daily Signal.

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