Plan for expanded Muslim community triggers hope, fear in Texas

Plan for expanded Muslim community triggers hope, fear in Texas

Threats to Muslims living in Texas are nothing new, but lately the vile phone calls to Imran Chaudhary have ramped up.

Gov. Abbott: 12 State Agencies Are Probing New Muslim Neighborhood Project: 'Sharia Law Is Not Allowed In Texas'

Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Adha prayers at a mosque in Moscow on June 28, 2023. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images) OAN Staff Blake Wolf4:40 PM – Friday, April 18, 2025 A new development project for a Muslim community in Texas, which advertises bringing “Islam to the forefront,” has drawn heavy criticism from Texas GOP... The post Gov. Abbott: 12 State Agencies Are Probing New Muslim Neighborhood Project: ‘Sharia Law Is Not Allow…

How a Muslim housing plan in Texas became the target of right-wing hysteria

Faisal Kutty 18 April 2025 08:39 BST | Last update: 17 hours 50 mins ago A proposed Muslim neighbourhood was branded a threat, once again exposing the enduring machinery of American Islamophobia more than two decades after 9/11 A still from a promotional video for Epic City, a planned residential development in Josephine, Texas, led by the East Plano…