AG Paxton Is Investigating Potentially Sharia-Compliant Texas City

[Ptarmigan]

AG Paxton Is Investigating Potentially Sharia-Compliant Texas City
https://www.independentsentinel.com/ag-paxton-is-investigating-potentially-sharia-compliant-texas-city/

The allegedly Sharia-compliant EPIC city was canceled once and is now back. Attorney General Paxton is investigating and will hopefully get this canceled again. According to RAIR founder, Amy Mek, Texas has become a center of Islamist initiatives.

Al-Qaeda’s ‘Recruitment Network’ Tablighi Jamaat is now headquarteredd in Garland, Texas.

Mek plans to soon release what she promises will be a shocking report on the dangers EPIC city presents. We’ll promote it when it comes out, and people can decide for themselves how serious it is.

Mek said Texas is in danger.
“A Global Islamic missionary group flagged by U.S. and European intelligence as a recruitment pipeline for Al-Qaeda has quietly planted its national headquarters in Garland, “Texas — with zero resistance, zero oversight, and total silence from lawmakers. The mega-mosque, Masjid Yaseen, is not just a house of worship — it’s the American Markaz (Headquarters) of Tablighi Jamaat: A Deobandi-rooted missionary group linked to Islamic terror plots from London to New York, Barcelona to San Bernardino A movement banned in Saudi Arabia, Russia, France, and India Described by intelligence agencies as “a gateway to terrorism,” “an antechamber to Al-Qaeda,” and “a Trojan Horse for Sharia rule.”

A Sharia-compliant city maybe in development in the the Dallas area. It is Tablighi Jamaat, a Deobandi-rooted missionary group. They are banned in Muslim nations.

[Texacon]

I'm going to be watching to see how this is handled.  I've read that Abbott said there is no way this is going to fly in Texas.

I expect to see some legislation coming out about this.

KC

[SVPete]

Texas AG Paxton investigates planned Muslim-centric community near Dallas

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-ag-paxton-investigates-planned-muslim-centric-community-near-dallas/ar-AA1BH3Rh

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into EPIC City, a proposed 402-acre development spearheaded by the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC).

The project, located near Josephine, Texas, approximately 40 miles northeast of Dallas, aims to create a mixed-use community featuring residential homes, a mosque, a K-12 faith-based school, senior housing, commercial spaces, and recreational facilities.

Paxton's office issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to Community Capital Partners, the corporate entity managing the project, citing potential violations of Texas consumer protection laws.
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The investigation follows public criticism from Governor Greg Abbott, who alleged "serious legal issues" with the development but did not provide specific evidence to support his claims.

The project has faced significant backlash online, with some critics accusing it of promoting "Sharia cities" and creating "no-go zones," allegations that EPIC has strongly denied.

So this is about a proposed development, not an existing city. 402 acres would be a fairly large farm/ranch, but it's less than 2/3 of a square mile, perhaps a 6-block by 6-block square. I assume there are incorporated towns in Texas or just about any US state that are that size or smaller, but this sounds more like a development on the edge of some existing city.

City neighborhoods with majorities of some nationality or religion are hardly unique in the US - e.g. Chinatowns, Italian (e.g. North Beach in SF), Polish, black, Hispanic, Vietnamese, Hasidic neighborhoods. Further, if rumors were people, they'd have pilot's licenses from how much they fly, especially where some ethnic or religious minority are the subject. Is there evidence to support the claims about this development proposal, or are the claims, at present, rumor-grade (since it's a proposed development, can there be such evidence?)?

[Texacon]

Texas AG Paxton investigates planned Muslim-centric community near Dallas

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-ag-paxton-investigates-planned-muslim-centric-community-near-dallas/ar-AA1BH3Rh

So this is about a proposed development, not an existing city. 402 acres would be a fairly large farm/ranch, but it's less than 2/3 of a square mile, perhaps a 6-block by 6-block square. I assume there are incorporated towns in Texas or just about any US state that are that size or smaller, but this sounds more like a development on the edge of some existing city.

City neighborhoods with majorities of some nationality or religion are hardly unique in the US - e.g. Chinatowns, Italian (e.g. North Beach in SF), Polish, black, Hispanic, Vietnamese, Hasidic neighborhoods. Further, if rumors were people, they'd have pilot's licenses from how much they fly, especially where some ethnic or religious minority are the subject. Is there evidence to support the claims about this development proposal, or are the claims, at present, rumor-grade (since it's a proposed development, can there be such evidence?)?

Good questions, but from what I've read (so far) this place is trying to be set up to run with Islamic laws.  I have read there are some of those areas around the world, and I think there may be a couple of areas in the US, but I won't swear to that.

Whether real or imagined at this point, I see no harm in legislating away the possibility of a city within our state of living under a different set of laws and governing their own.  This isn't native American land we're talking about.

KC

[SVPete]

I have no problem with a religious group having rules for members and excommunicating/disfellowshipping/shunning members who don't follow those rules. But tribunals imposing criminal-like penalties - fines or confinement - hard nope!