Overseen by Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) in late March Texas Rangers, Texas Securities Commission,and Texas Workforce Committee We are beginning an investigation into the East Plano Islamic Centre on plans to develop a Muslim-centric city on 402 acres near Josephine, about 40 miles in Dallas.
The development reportedly is reported Features Mosques, K-12 faith-based schools, outreach centres, commercial development, sports facilities, 1,000 homes, townhomes, apartments.
“I'm still represented by him and he's representing the client we're investigating, so there's definitely a debate that there's a conflict.”
The proposed city ignites the fear that it would implement Sharia Act within the surrounding communities, leading to a “no-go zone.”
State survey
Abbott has repeatedly expressed concern about the planned community.
In February, Abbott told a post On social media, “To be clear, Sharia laws are not permitted in Texas, it is not a Sharia city, nor is it the “no zone” that the project appears to imply. ”
“Bottom line. The projects proposed in the video are not permitted in Texas,” the governor concluded, pointing to the Epic promotional clip promoting the plan.
The Texas Funeral Committee dispatched a suspension and a survivor letter In March, the epic asked to “stop all illegal funeral operations immediately.”
According to AbbottEpic operated funeral homes without established licenses in violation of state law.
Abbott announced April 1st The epic says it found that the community “may not start construction” and that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality failed to obtain the required “licensing or permits.”
Governor I insisted The grand city has “severe legal issues” and dozens of state agencies have announced they are investigating proposed communities.
The governor investigated the epic “for potential criminal activity” with the Texas Rangers. The Texas Workforce Commission is investigating “potential discrimination that violates the Texas Fair Housing Act.” The Texas Securities Commission is considering “potential financial harm to the Texans.” Additionally, the state attorney general Ken Paxton We are considering “potential violations of the Texas Consumer Protection Act.”
“Texas is fiercely protecting the freedoms given to American citizens under the U.S. Constitution, including religious freedom,” Abbott said. “To that end, the Texas Workforce Commission has launched an investigation into the group behind the proposed epic that could break the state's fair housing laws by refusing to sell or rent homes to certain groups based on religion or other protected characteristics.”
The Texans share their concerns
Rair Foundation USA He was one of the first to begin to hear the alarms about the epic and its proposed city.
Amy Mek, founder and editor of the Rair Foundation Prime Minister, warned that the project was not merely a “housing development.”
“It's the expansion of Sharia-controlled society, starting with a radical school already operating at a spectacular mosque in Plano, Texas.” I wrote it. “Epic is expanding now. EpicCity operates without accountability for city surveillance, state management curriculum and American law.”
“No one related to epics either follows Sharia's law or is not in favor of Sharia's law.”
Many residents in Blue ridgethe city, about 20 miles from Josephine, expressed concern about the developments proposed during a recent city council meeting.
Douglas Deaton, former police aide of Plano; It is listed Sharia Law Enclave It existed in Texas long before the epic proposed urban planning.
“There appears to be a general misconception that we are talking about plans to build a Sharia-friendly community in Islamic. The spectacular area has already existed for 12 years. There are 74 housing properties, large mosques, schools, clinics and multiple businesses,” he told the city council. “You must be a member of their mosque to live there.”
“This is not a question of extremists being hidden so visible. They are not hidden. They were open about their beliefs and intentions,” Deaton added.
Wednesday, Paxton spoke With the co-founder of Blaze Media Glenbeck It unveils interesting new details about the controversy about the governor's actions on the epic.
“We're not going to sacrifice [our constitution] For the Sharia Act. Paxton told Beck that it wouldn't happen in Texas.
Paxton explained that the community cannot discriminate against potential residents based on religion and that doing so would violate the Housing Act.
he It is listed He recently learned that the lawyer representing Epic City developer Dan Cogdell is the same lawyer who previously defended him from the bluff each. Paxton was like that innocence All fees for 2023.
AG called him “a little concern” that he wasn't aware of the fact more quickly.
“I'm still represented by him and he's representing the client we're investigating, so there's definitely a debate that there's a conflict,” Paxton told Beck.
Epic responds
The EPIC denied the allegations that the proposed community ignores state and federal laws in order to implement Sharia law.
Cogdell accused Abbot of spreading lies about the planned city; Claim This project is to be a “victim of racial profiling.”
“These are not foreign enemies. They are Texans. These are Americans. These are American citizens,” Cogdell said. KTVT last week. “No one is associated with epics. Those associated with that community are neither obeying Sharia law nor are they in favor of Sharia law.”
Cogdell had a message to Abbott.
“Stop lies, false information, nonsense. What my clients are doing now is that they are essentially struggling with the governor's hate speech,” he said.
Cogdell reportedly told KTVK that his client had received “dozens of death threats.” As a result, according to the news outlet, the developers are “too scary to go to the camera.”
When contacted for comment, the governor's office referred KTVK to a previously released statement.
Beck was offered the opportunity to talk to the project's developers on Thursday, but discovered that Cogdell was tapped to talk on their behalf. When he noticed this, Beck cancelled and insisted he wanted a candid conversation with the developer rather than the lawyer. The developers expressed interest in rescheduling next week.
On a radio show on Thursday, Beck said, “I got an email from someone who said, 'You know, you should talk directly to the developers.'
The email read, “Given accuracy in speaking directly with the landowner developer, given the circulating amount of misinformation, may be beneficial.”
“So I said yes to that programmatically,” Beck said. “Then we knew it was a lawyer. Well, what happened directly to the landowner developers? So they said they were ready for our conversation within the next week.”
“If all the developers are up and down, there's nothing bad about developers,” he added. “But there are a few things to this, and people who are engaged in it are a bit disturbing.”
The developer did not respond to requests for comment from Blaze News.
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