Huge Texas property ‘brings Islam to the forefront’ with 17-acre mosque, college
An Islamic scholar who has described Thanksgiving as “rooted in genocide” and allegedly voiced help for members of al Qaeda and different terrorist teams is selling a plan to construct a 400-acre Islam-centered religion and residential property in rural North Texas.
Yasir Qadhi, dean of The Islamic Seminary of America and a resident scholar on the East Plano Islamic Heart (EPIC) positioned about 20 minutes north of Dallas, is likely one of the key promoters of EPIC Metropolis and EPIC Ranches, an bold challenge launched together with the Plano mosque in April 2024.
Billed as a “meticulously designed neighborhood that brings Islam to the forefront,” EPIC Metropolis is a part of a proposal by investor group Group Capital Companions (CCP) to amass and develop a 402-acre tract of land close to town of Josephine, which had a inhabitants of simply over 2,100 residents in 2020 earlier than exploding to over 7,100 in 2023.
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The plan would develop almost 1,080 single household and townhome tons, together with a personal college, industrial retail house, and a mosque. Utilities for the land can be supplied by an unidentified “municipal utility district.” Beneath the proposal, CCP would “donate a portion of the land” — greater than 17 acres — for EPIC to assemble a mosque and an Islamic Ok-12 personal college.
A promo video for EPIC Metropolis opens with an Islamic name to prayer and describes the plan as “greater than only a neighborhood — it is a lifestyle.” The video narration goes on to state that the “meticulously designed neighborhood … brings Islam to the forefront” and highilghts “a number of fields for sports activities” together with “public faculties 10 minutes away.”
In one other video, Qadhi states EPIC shall be “open to non-Individuals as properly” and can contain constructing an “total neighborhood from scratch,” together with an assisted-living retirement house, retail outlets, and clinic, all contained inside a “loving, protected neighborhood in a neighborhood of family and friends.”
A spokeswoman for town of Josephine stated in a press release Tuesday that whereas EPIC’s advertising and marketing supplies reference the challenge as being within the “coronary heart of Josephine,” such an outline is “incorrect and has led to confusion and concern amongst residents.”
Josephine Administrator Lisa Palomba added, “To make clear, the proposed EPIC Metropolis and EPIC Ranches developments will not be inside the metropolis of Josephine’s jurisdiction. They don’t seem to be positioned inside the metropolis limits, not inside Josephine’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), and never inside Josephine’s utility district. The town of Josephine has not acquired or acted upon any requests associated to EPIC Metropolis or EPIC Ranches.”
Based on the investor abstract, the property is “at the moment below contract” with the Islamic heart till it assigns the contract to CCP. EPIC is listed as a “nonprofit Texas group” and the minority shareholder together with Board of Administrators Imran Chaudhary, Naveed Siddiqui and Sarfraz Ahmad.
Buyers should purchase an $80,000 share of CCP with a view to reserve lots, in response to the doc. Qadhi introduced in a Feb. 12 video announcement that greater than 500 tons have already been reserved by EPIC Metropolis traders.
CP reached out for remark to each EPIC and CCP. This story shall be up to date if a response is acquired.
