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Texas Judge Clears Way for Work to Resume on Muslim-Centric EPIC City

If you're checking Twitchy obsessively and reading every post, as you should, you've read about the Pennsylvania House passing a bill prohibiting whites-only housing. But what about Muslim-only housing? More than 400 acres were purchased in Texas about a year ago to be developed into EPIC City, a Muslim-oriented community. (EPIC stands for East Plano Islamic Center.) On Wednesday, a judge ruled that the Texas Workforce Commission must comply with an agreement it made with the developer of a Muslim-oriented community, which now goes by The Meadow.

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Here's a promotional video for the project from last year:

The Dallas News reported that the development would follow the laws of Texas and the United States, and not sharia.

KERA, an NPR station serving North Texas, reports:

The proposed housing community a 402-acre development in unincorporated Collin and Hunt counties, roughly 40 miles northeast of Dallas near the city of Josephine. The project is years away from construction but has already faced intense scrutiny from top Republicans in the state. Texas officials have accused the development of implementing Sharia Law and creating a no-go zone for non-Muslims, something the developer has repeatedly denied.

The Texas Workforce Commission said it would appeal, pointing to an ongoing U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development investigation of alleged fair housing violations.

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CAIR-Texas celebrated the ruling in a press statement:

This court ruling is a powerful affirmation that the rule of law prevails over Islamophobic witch hunts and politically driven regulatory harassment. For over a year, state leaders have abused their authority in a bigoted attempt to deny Texas Muslims their constitutional right to develop an inclusive, family-oriented community. Through our ongoing statewide educational outreach and direct legislative advocacy, we continually fight against these types of targeted abuses of power. We applaud the court for holding state agencies accountable and recognizing that the law applies equally to everyone, including the State of Texas.

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