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Muslim teacher who donated to Texas Senate Dem candidate James Talarico says Quran gives husbands ‘license’ to hit wives

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English, T. (2026, October 30). Muslim teacher who donated to Texas Senate Dem candidate James Talarico says Quran gives husbands ‘license’ to hit wives. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/30/us-news/muslim-teacher-who-donated-to-texas-senate-dem-candidate-james-talarico-says-quran-gives-husbands-license-to-hit-wives/

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A Texas Senate candidate, James Talarico, received three $1,000 donations totaling $3,000 from Nouman Ali Khan, an Islamic studies leader with controversial past allegations of misconduct involving female fans. The article highlights Khan's 2017 lecture where he discusses Quranic justifications for domestic violence under specific circumstances, causing concern given Talarico’s recent campaign efforts to court Muslim voters.

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James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for the Texas Senate, received $3,000 in donations from Nouman Ali Khan, a prominent Muslim leader and founder of the Bayyinah Institute. This donation came shortly before early voting began on October 19, 2026. Khan is known for controversial statements, including justifying spousal abuse under certain conditions, which has damaged his reputation among some Muslims. In 2017, several women accused Khan of grooming female fans into sham marriages to facilitate sexual relationships and then pressuring them to stay silent about the incidents. These accusations were detailed in a BuzzFeed News report that cited findings from a panel of four Muslim scholars who concluded that when women complained about his conduct, Khan would "apologize and attempts to buy their silence or threatens them." The donation to Talarico has raised concerns about the candidate's alignment with controversial figures.

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The most recent donation arrived Oct. 19, the day early voting opened — and one day after Talarico worked the room courting Muslim voters at a halal barbecue spot in Irving.

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🔮 Texas Democrat James Talarico’s Senate campaign accepted $3,000 from a celebrity Muslim leader who was accused of grooming female fans for sham marriages and assured husbands that Allah would “let you get away with” wife-beating — under certain conditions.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Muslim teacher who donated to Texas Senate Dem candidate James Talarico says Quran gives husbands ‘license’ to hit wives

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Texas Democrat James Talarico’s Senate campaign accepted $3,000 from a celebrity Muslim leader who was accused of grooming female fans for sham marriages and assured husbands that Allah would “let you get away with” wife-beating — under certain conditions. asserted

you → accept → conditions

Nouman Ali Khan — founder of the Bayyinah Institute, an Islamic studies outfit boasting millions of fans on YouTube — cut the Texas Democrat three $1,000 checks, FEC records show. asserted

records → boast → checks

The most recent donation arrived Oct. 19, the day early voting opened — and one day after Talarico worked the room courting Muslim voters at a halal barbecue spot in Irving. asserted

Talarico → arrive → Irving

Khan was not at the halal event, a Talarico campaign official said. asserted

official → say → event

The Quran teacher’s reputation took a major hit in 2017, when multiple women accused him of using his celebrity among Muslim fans to draw them into relationships — in some cases quickie religious marriages they said were a cover for sex — and then pressuring them to keep their mouths shut. asserted

they → take → mouths

A panel of four Muslim scholars found that when women complained about his conduct, Khan “apologizes and attempts to buy their silence or threatens them,” BuzzFeed News reported. asserted

News → find → them

The panel’s findings reportedly included a screenshot of a nearly $7,000 bank transfer that one woman described as hush money. uncertain

woman → include → money

Khan, for his part, denied any wrongdoing and his lawyer called the claims “unfounded.” uncertain

lawyer → deny → claims

Two years before the allegations surfaced, Khan posted a lecture to his YouTube channel titled “Hitting Women – That’s Messed Up.” asserted

That → surface → Women

It opens as a condemnation of Muslim men who use scripture to justify domestic violence. asserted

who → open → violence

But about 10 minutes in, Khan finds a theological loophole: a situation in which a wife “is actually caught” and her husband “sees her with another man.” asserted

husband → find → man

“He loses his mind, and what does he do? asserted

he → lose → what

He hits her,” Khan said. asserted

Khan → hit → her

“You snap, now he hit, or he pushed her, something he did and he feels bad. asserted

he → snap → her

‘How could I have done that?’ uncertain

I → do → that

Allah says I will give you license in that crazy case. asserted

I → say → case

I’ll let you get away with that one.” asserted

you → let → one

The exception applies only to “repeated” and “perpetual infidelity from a wife” that “drives the man nuts,” he said, and even then, a husband should keep it to a “tap, or whatever. asserted

husband → apply → tap

In the same lecture, Khan turned to what he called one of the Quran’s “most unusual” scenarios: a man raising four orphaned girls may, once “they gain a certain age,” marry “one of them or two of them or three of them.” uncertain

they → turn → them

“Is that a usual case?” Khan asked. asserted

Khan → ask → ?

It isn’t, he conceded, but a man marrying the orphaned girls he raised is permitted all the same. asserted

he → concede → girls

The Talarico campaign insisted it didn’t ask for Khan’s money. asserted

it → insist → money

“Our campaign did not solicit a contribution from this individual and condemns violent rhetoric in all its forms,” spokesman JT Ennis told The Post. asserted

Ennis → solicit → Post

“This individual is one of more than 1.6 million contributors and does not speak for our campaign.” asserted

individual → speak → campaign

Khan did not respond to a request for comment. asserted

Khan → respond → comment

The donations come as Talarico, a former teacher and Christian seminarian, competes in a dead-heat race with Republican Ken Paxton on Tuesday. asserted

Talarico → come → Tuesday

Muslim teacher who donated to Texas Senate Dem candidate James Talarico says Quran gives husbands ‘license’ to hit wives

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