By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter
An Islamic pupil who has described Thanksgiving as “rooted in genocide” and allegedly voiced strengthen for members of al Qaeda and diverse terrorist groups is promoting a thought to hold a 400-acre Islam-centered faith and residential estate in rural North Texas.
Yasir Qadhi, dean of The Islamic Seminary of The United States and a resident pupil at the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) located about 20 minutes north of Dallas, is undoubtedly one of many predominant promoters of EPIC Metropolis and EPIC Ranches, an ambitious mission launched along with the Plano mosque in April 2024.
Billed as a “meticulously designed neighborhood that brings Islam to the forefront,” EPIC Metropolis is fragment of a proposal by investor community Community Capital Companions (CCP) to design and get a 402-acre tract of land arrive the metropolis of Josephine, which had a inhabitants of acceptable over 2,100 residents in 2020 before exploding to over 7,100 in 2023.
The idea would get nearly 1,080 single family and townhome loads, along with a non-public college, commercial retail home, and a mosque. Utilities for the land would possibly per chance per chance be supplied by an unidentified “municipal utility district.” Below the proposal, CCP would “donate a fraction of the land” — bigger than 17 acres — for EPIC to impression a mosque and an Islamic K-12 non-public college.
A promo video for EPIC Metropolis opens with an Islamic name to prayer and describes the idea as “bigger than acceptable a neighborhood — or no longer it is a strategy of life.” The video narration goes on to tell that the “meticulously designed neighborhood … brings Islam to the forefront” and highilghts “multiple fields for sports activities” along with “public schools 10 minutes away.”
In one other video, Qadhi states EPIC would per chance be “initiating to non-People as successfully” and will possess constructing an “entire neighborhood from scratch,” including an assisted-living retirement dwelling, retail outlets, and clinic, all contained within a “loving, safe neighborhood in a neighborhood of family and company.”
A spokeswoman for the metropolis of Josephine stated in an announcement Tuesday that while EPIC’s marketing materials reference the mission as being within the “coronary heart of Josephine,” such a description is “unsuitable and has ended in confusion and scenario amongst residents.”
Josephine Administrator Lisa Palomba added, “To clarify, the proposed EPIC Metropolis and EPIC Ranches developments are no longer within the metropolis of Josephine’s jurisdiction. They’re no longer located within the metropolis limits, no longer within Josephine’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), and no longer within Josephine’s utility district. The metropolis of Josephine has no longer bought or acted upon any requests linked to EPIC Metropolis or EPIC Ranches.”
In step with the investor summary, the property is “currently below contract” with the Islamic center except it assigns the contract to CCP. EPIC is listed as a “nonprofit Texas organization” and the minority shareholder along with Board of Directors Imran Chaudhary, Naveed Siddiqui and Sarfraz Ahmad.
Merchants must buy an $80,000 portion of CCP in expose to reserve loads, in accordance with the file. Qadhi presented in a Feb. 12 video announcement that bigger than 500 loads private already been reserved by EPIC Metropolis merchants.
CP reached out for observation to both EPIC and CCP. This yarn would per chance be up up to now if a response is bought.
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