A Texas high school student recounted his experience in standing up for his faith as he testified in Congress at a hearing titled “Sharia-Free America.”
Hunter-Lopez testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Limited Government about a February incident that occurred at Wylie East High School campus after he posted videos of his encounter with the “Why Islam?” organization’s booth.
The 16-year-old described his experiences as he joined ‘The Will Cain Show’ after his debate with Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., went viral.
“I had people saying that they were going to be at my house waiting for me to get home and they were going to shoot me,” Hunter-Lopez told lawmakers. “I had people telling me to kill myself. A lot of different things. But I know nobody can proclaim anything over me because I wake up every morning with victory with Christ.”
(Video: Fox News)
“Handing materials that present Sharia favorably to minors during the school day — without parental approval — risks normalizing ideas that undermine the very principles our public schools are supposed to uphold,” the student, who was invited by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, to testify last week, said.
“This is not neutral education; it is ideological promotion under the guise of diversity and inclusion,” he added.
Roy praised the teen for speaking out.
“Marco has seen the consequences firsthand in his own high school, and I applaud his bravery for speaking out and telling the truth about how the growing influence of Islam is affecting our state,” he said.
In one heated moment, he debated Raskin over America’s legal system and its founding principles.
Rep. Jamie Raskin spent over 2 minutes trying grill 16-year-old Texas high school student Marco Hunter-Lopez at today’s hearing on political Islam and Sharia Law.
What a clown.
Marco, who EXPOSED his school allowing “Why Islam” to hand out Qurans, hijabs, and Sharia pamphlets… pic.twitter.com/ZYP0q7zqJL
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) May 13, 2026
“I believe that he thinks that he was going to catch me off guard by calling me out. But it didn’t,” Hunter-Lopez told Fox News Digital. “I took the fight.”
“The Christian conservative student was also asked to testify about allegations that the Republican Club faced ‘hostile scrutiny’ from school administration since it was launched last year. Hunter-Lopez alleged that school officials initially denied his club for being too political, targeted their posters, and selectively enforced policies regarding religious and political student groups,” Fox News reported.
Officials from the school district pushed back.
“Wylie ISD does not endorse or promote any religion,” a spokesperson for the Wylie Independent School District (ISD) said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “As a public school district, the district is legally required to remain neutral regarding religion while respecting the constitutional rights of all students. The district does not operate ‘Islamic prayer rooms’ or provide preferential treatment to one religious group over another. In accordance with the law, reasonable accommodations may be made for students’ religious practices when appropriate.”
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