After seven episodes traveling across North Texas, visiting mosques, interviewing community leaders, Christian pastors, physicians, Muslim families, and everyday Texans, Rich Matthews concludes the Ask Texas series with one final question:
What do Muslims want their Texan neighbors to know about them and Islam?
Throughout the series, Ask Texas explored many of the questions shaping conversations across Texas—from Sharia law and Islamophobia to terrorism, community service, and what it’s really like to live next to Muslim neighbors.
Instead of relying on headlines or political rhetoric, Rich spoke directly with the people at the center of these conversations.
In the finale, Imam Saeed Purcell, Dahlia Solomon, Imam Muhammad Abdullah, Mufti Wasim Khan, Dr. Rani Siddiqi, Iman Atiyah, Alif Rahman, and Community leaders, physicians, and everyday Muslim Texans share what they wish their neighbors truly understood about their faith, their lives, and their place in Texas.
The episode revisits the themes explored throughout the series, including media narratives, political rhetoric, misconceptions about Islam, and the importance of meeting people before judging them. It also highlights how Muslim communities across North Texas serve their neighbors through charity, healthcare, education, and community outreach.
More than anything, this final episode is about conversation.
Not debate.
Not politics.
Just neighbors speaking to neighbors.
As Rich Matthews closes the series, he leaves viewers with one final question:
Now that you’ve heard their stories, what are you going to do about it?
This is the final chapter of the Ask Texas series—but the conversation doesn’t end here.
Thanks for letting me kind of get the last word 😊