DFW Airport scraps controversial Islamic foot-washing station plan as Texas Gov. Abbott takes aim

DFW Airport canceled plans for an Islamic foot-washing station as Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a review of state grants to Texas airports.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ordered a review of state funding for airports across Texas over Islamic washing facilities at two of the state's largest airports.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) is directing state and federal officials to review grants awarded to entities operating airports across Texas over the installation of Islamic washing facilities at two major Texas airports. In letters to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Dallas-Fort Worth airport CEO Christopher McLaughli

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed a review of state grants to DFW Airport and George Bush Intercontinental over planned Islamic wudu ablution stations.

DFW said late Friday that plans to install the religious washing station had been canceled.

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is preparing to install Islamic foot washing stations inside bathrooms in one of its terminals. Documents registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on July 31 outlined a project that will add foot-washing stations to a men’s and women’s restroom on th