Combatting CAIR-Affiliated Epic ‘Sharia City’ in Texas
Greg Abbott Gives Update on Muslim ‘City’ Project in Texas
(Newsweek) – exas Governor Greg Abbott has said “a dozen state agencies” in the Lone Star State, along with Attorney General Ken Paxton, are investigating plans by the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) to create a new Islamic focused settlement dubbed “EPIC City” in Collin and Hunt counties.
Newsweek contacted the East Plano Islamic Center for comment via email on Tuesday outside of regular office hours.
Plans for EPIC City have already proven controversial, with Abbott in February commenting “Sharia law is not allowed in Texas” in response to the project, though the organizers haven’t said they plan to impose Sharia (Islamic) law in the settlement.
During his first term in office President Donald Trump banned people from a number of predominantly Muslim countries from visiting the United States, having called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims” entering the country. Earlier this month The New York Times published what it claimed was a draft memo from the Trump administration proposing a fresh entry ban on the citizens of 11 countries, of which seven are Muslim majority.
In an X post on Monday Abbott wrote: “The proposed EPIC compound in Collin Co. has serious legal issues.
“A dozen state agencies are investigating it, the Attorney General will look into it, and legislators are considering laws to restrict it, as well as laws to prevent foreign adversaries from buying land in Texas….
The proposal was condemned by Abbott on X, with the governor posting: “To be clear, Sharia law is not allowed in Texas. Nor are Sharia cities. Nor are ‘no go zones’ which this project seems to imply.”…
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