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Texas Investigating Dubai-Based Developer Over ‘Sharia City’ Concerns

Such a development could potentially attract 20,000 foreign nationals.
Texas Investigating Dubai-Based Developer Over ‘Sharia City’ Concerns
An oil pumpjack in a field in rural Texas, on April 8, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
2/10/2026|Updated: 2/10/2026
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating a “potentially illegal” development backed by a Dubai-based company in rural Kaufman County just months after filing a lawsuit against a Muslim development outside of Dallas.

A U.S. subsidiary of SEE Holding, headquartered in Dubai, purchased thousands of acres near Kaufman in connection with Kaufman Solar LLC, according to the attorney general’s office.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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.
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