DFW Chapel Hosts Muslim Prayer — Conservative Influencer Calls It ‘Basically A Mosque’

A Christian conservative influencer was infuriated at the Dallas – Fort Worth airport to discover Muslims praying, prayer rugs, and that they’ve become “basically mosques with the word chapel on it.” It seems strange for her to blame the space for who chooses to worship in a time of declining religious practice and church attendance.

So I always go visit the chapels in airports. I like to see what airports still have chapels. I don’t know why. And a lot of them are disappearing. But Dallas has recently reinstalled their chapels. They used to have two. Then they had zero. And now they have three.

I’ve been to two of them today. And they’re not really chapels. They’re basically mosques with the word chapel on it. And it’s mostly just prayer rugs, no crosses, a few Bibles. Very hostile environment when you go in there during prayer time. I actually refused to leave. And I stayed and prayed through all of the men’s prayers.

They were not happy that there was a woman in there, but they did it anyway. So I want to encourage everybody to find a chapel when you go to the airport. Find a chapel. Go in there and pray. And if you cross with you, leave it. Don’t like this.

Check me. There’s not a single cross in here. But there’s a hundred prayer rugs. And they’ll tell you how to get to Mecca. Dallas.

They don’t display a cross but they’ll tell you which way to Mecca pic.twitter.com/UQTwdyp3YO

— Kira (@Kiradavis) March 30, 2026

Most passengers do not pray on he road. Devout Muslim travelers are going to. Other religions in the U.S. less so.

• Religious identification has dropped: the share of U.S. adults identifying as Christian fell from 78% in 2007 to 62% in 2023 according to Pew Research Center.

• Church attendance has declined: Gallup data shows that the share attending weekly or nearly weekly fell from 42% in 2000–2003 to 30% in 2021–2023. 57% now say they attend seldom or never.

• Belief remains higher than attendance: Pew found 83% of Americans say they believe in God or a universal spirit, while Gallup found 81% sayng they believe in God.

Last fall a pastor claimed he was shut out of a DFW chapel due to a Muslim service, though signs outside say ‘all are welcome’.

Muslim prayer services have long been held at 1:30 p.m. on Fridays at the DFW airport chapel. This is not a new service. And individual travelers can worship when and as they wish.

I’d note that DFW airport has five chapels, one in each terminal, so I don’t see anything wrong with accommodating services for one religion in one chapel once a week? That really doesn’t seem to exclude anyone else from using the space – although it makes sense one might visit the chapel closest to their gate on a connection. After all, people often anchor to their gates and don’t venture off for food either (which is why so many airports have ipads at gates for ordering, and food delivery, so they don’t miss out on sales).

Interestingly there’s no chapel in my home airport of Austin. There’s also no designated chapel space at Las Vegas (where they might need one most!), Los Angeles, or Philadelphia.

Alaska used to pass out prayer cards with meal trays. After 30 years Alaska Airlines ended the practice in 2012 (they started offering it only in first class in 2006, when they stopped providing meals in coach). The idea originally came from a marketing executive who brought the practice to Alaska from Continental.