Islamic Development Planned in Texas
Yeah, you read that right, there is an Islamic development in the process of being built in Texas. Epic city is being built near Josephine Texas, about 40 minutes from Dallas.
The project is being orchestrated by the East Plano Islamic Center on a 402-acre piece of land that includes parts of Collin and Hunt counties. Community Capital Partners, which was created by East Plano Islamic Center for this purpose, is running the actual project.
In 2024, the East Plano Islamic Center mosque announced plans to build a 400-acre community near Josephine, Texas. The project would contain about 1,000 homes, a K-12 faith-based school, shops, a community college and a mosque.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has launched more than a dozen state investigations against the development, claiming that EPIC City officials want to impose Sharia law within the community. Abbott is demanding the developers behind EPIC City stop construction at the planned community within a week.
An April 1 press release from the governor said “the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality found that the East Plano Islamic Center and affiliated entities have not obtained the required authorizations or permits needed for construction.”
On 2 April, Abbott ordered EPIC and its affiliates to cease construction, and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Executive Director Kelly Keel wrote in a letter that despite “extensive permitting obligations,” TCEQ hasn’t received any applications or documents for the project and is violating state law.
Of course the usual suspects are crying racism and anti-muslim sentiment. Mustafaa Carroll, D-FW executive director for CAIR, spoke at a meeting in Dallas. “Attacks against the East Plano Islamic Center … contain some of the most insidious lies and slander against Islam and Muslims imaginable,” he said. “Moreover, they pose a serious physical threat to the lives and safety of Muslim children, families and communities in schools, homes and spaces throughout North Texas and statewide.” He did not provide any evidence or specifics to back up his claim.
It should be noted that CAIR was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case. The HLF was based in Richardson Texas and are a specially designated terrorist organization.
