Texas Governor Weighs In on Proposed City Described as the ‘Epicenter of Islam’ in Rural Texas
Critics worry that the project would attract a large Muslim population that would adhere to sharia and reject assimilating.
Demonstrators listen to civil rights and legal advocates, as residents hold a press conference outside One Police Plaza in New York to discuss planned legal action challenging the city police department's surveillance of businesses frequented by Muslim residents and area mosques, on June 18, 2013. Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images
JOSEPHINE, Texas—Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on Monday that a proposed 402-acre city advertised as the “epicenter of Islam in America” to be built outside a rural Texas town won’t be allowed.
Abbott responded on Feb. 24 to an internet video for the proposed EPIC City and EPIC Ranches near the town of Josephine, Texas, about 40 miles east of Dallas, saying the project wouldn’t be allowed based on an advertisement for the planned development.
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics.
Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
