TEXAS: Department of Justice Announces Investigation of Muslim EPIC City
There are serious concerns about the application of Sharia in this place, and so the investigation is entirely warranted, although it is not at all clear that the investigators will know what danger signs to look for. In any case, the fact that any investigation is being conducted at all is a tribute to the heroic efforts of the great Amy Mek.
“Department of Justice announces investigation of Muslim EPIC City,” by Caroline Love and Penelope Rivera, KERA, May 9, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The U.S. Department of Justice is opening an investigation into a proposed Muslim development of a North Texas mosque.
Sen. John Cornyn sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon last month asking them to to investigate potential “religious discrimination” at the East Plano Islamic Center’s EPIC City, a proposed housing development that would be located in unincorporated Collin and Hunt counties.
Cornyn said in a press release on Friday the U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation in response to his concerns.
“I am grateful to Attorney General Bondi and the Department of Justice for hearing my concerns and opening an investigation into the proposed EPIC City development in North Texas,” Cornyn said. “Religious discrimination and Sharia Law have no place in the Lone Star State. Any violations of federal law must be swiftly prosecuted, and I know under the Trump administration, they will be.”
Dan Cogdell, the attorney for EPIC, said the North Texas mosque will cooperate with the investigation.
“EPIC will cooperate fully with any and all investigations — regardless of how misguided and unnecessary they are,” Cogdell said.
EPIC City is a proposed 402-acre development associated with the East Plano Islamic Center mosque. It would be roughly 40 miles northeast of Dallas near the city of Josephine. The mixed-use development would include a new mosque, more than 1,000 single- and multi-family homes, a K-12 faith-based school, senior housing, an outreach center, commercial developments, sports facilities, and a community college.
Yasir Qadhi, a resident scholar at the East Plano Islamic Center and one of the people involved in the project planning, told KERA in an interview last year EPIC City is not exclusive to Muslim residents.
“It’s an open community,” Qadhi said. “Anybody can come in. We’re welcoming people of all backgrounds and diversity and we’re offering them facilities that we think would be very, very useful.”…
Mustafaa Carroll, the executive director of the Dallas-Fort Worth office of the Council of American Islamic relations, said at a press conference in April that Abbott and Paxton have abused their power by launching groundless investigations into the East Plano Islamic Center and its project and violating their rights to religious expression….
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