Muhammad, Prophet
570–632 CE

The Quran and authenticated hadith center care for the poor and orphans (zakat as one of the Five Pillars), justice for the oppressed, hospitality to strangers, mercy as the central attribute of God, prohibition of usury, and religious tolerance for People of the Book (the Constitution of Medina). Paxton has actively investigated and litigated against Muslim institutions — CAIR, the East Plano Islamic Center, and the EPIC Ranch development — which the Prophet's framework treats as religious persecution; he also called the Catholic Annunciation House's corporal works of mercy 'a Bohemian set of seven commandments.' He wins partial credit only on traditional family values and anti-marijuana positions. Talarico's care-for-the-poor, hospitality-to-immigrants, justice-for-the-oppressed, and anti-corruption framings align well with the Prophetic tradition. He loses points on alcohol and marijuana (intoxicants are clearly prohibited in Islam), on LGBTQ rights, and on abortion, which most classical Islamic jurisprudence treats as permissible only in limited circumstances.