The Creeping Shadow of Islamization is Spreading Across Texas

By Amil Imani

May 6, 2025

The creeping shadow of Islamization is spreading across America’s heartland, and Collin County, Texas, particularly Plano, is ground zero for this insidious takeover. The East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) and its proposed 402-acre “EPIC City” are not just community projects; they’re a blatant power grab, a fortress of Sharia law being erected in the Lone Star State. This isn’t about diversity or inclusion; it’s about domination, plain and simple. Texas, the land of liberty, is under siege, and the numbers don’t lie: Muslims and their mosques are multiplying, carving out enclaves where American values are trampled underfoot.

Plano, once a beacon of suburban prosperity, now harbors over 10,000 Muslims—a number that has ballooned over the past two decades. This isn’t a coincidence; it’s a calculated influx. The Islamic Association of Collin County (IACC), founded in 1981, claims to serve this swelling population, but it is more than a spiritual hub; it’s a command center for cultural erosion. Plano boasts five mosques, up from just one in 2001, each a stronghold for Islamic ideology. The IACC on Independence Parkway, the Islamic Society of North Texas, and the Islamic Association of North Texas on Custer Road are not just places of worship; they are nerve centers for a community increasingly segregating itself from the American way of life. Add to that the Islamic Center of Frisco, just across the county line, and you have a network of mosques tightening their grip on Collin County’s soul.

EPIC City is the crown jewel of this conquest. A 400-acre sprawl near Josephine, it’s designed to house 1,000 homes, a mosque, a K-12 Islamic school, and a community college – all centered around Islamic values. Don’t be fooled by the developers’ claims of “inclusivity.” This is a Muslim-only utopia, a no-go zone where Sharia reigns supreme. Governor Greg Abbott has sounded the alarm, declaring that this “compound” will never see the light of day, and he’s backed by a dozen state agencies and Attorney General Ken Paxton, who’s digging into EPIC’s shady dealings. The Texas Rangers are investigating potential criminal activities, and the Texas Workforce Commission is probing violations of the Fair Housing Act. EPIC’s funeral home, operating without a license, is just the tip of the iceberg. This isn’t a community; it’s a rogue state in the making.

The numbers tell a grim story. Collin County’s Muslim population is part of Texas’s eighth-largest Muslim community, with 420,000 Muslims statewide. Dallas-Fort Worth alone hosts 62 Sunni and five Shia mosques, with Plano’s five mosques forming a critical node in this network. The Islamic Association of Collin County claims to serve over 10,000 Muslims in Plano, but that’s likely a lowball figure. The rapid growth of mosques—four more since 2001—signals aggressive expansion. Each mosque isn’t just a building; it’s a symbol of conquest, a place where sermons promote submission over freedom, where American laws are sidelined for Quranic edicts.

Texans aren’t blind. In 2015, Plano residents stormed city council meetings to crush a proposed Sharia tribunal that threatened American law. In April 2025, Collin County locals flooded a commissioners’ court meeting, roaring defiance against EPIC City. They see through the lies of “diversity” and “harmony.” They see through the IACC’s fake “bridge-building” via open houses and interfaith talks. These are ploys to soften defenses while Islamic schools churn out kids loyal to Sharia over the Constitution. They know Sharia law, with its brutal punishments and suppression of free speech, has no place in Texas. Mayor John Muns’ cozy “Ramadan Day” at EPIC and backdoor deals with school boards to push Islamic values into classrooms are treasonous.

State Representative Jeff Leach and Senator John Cornyn are leading the charge, with Cornyn demanding a Department of Justice investigation into EPIC’s plans. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has already issued EPIC a cease-and-desist order for beginning construction without permits. The message is clear: Texas will not bow.

But the enemy is relentless. EPIC’s leaders, like resident scholar Yasir Qadhi, spin tales of a “well-integrated” community, but their actions betray their words. The mosque’s history of operating an illegal funeral home and its ties to Community Capital Partners, a for-profit entity under investigation for fraud, expose their true intent: to build an Islamic empire on Texas soil. Plano’s Mayor John B. Muns has been caught cozying up to EPIC, declaring “Ramadan Day” at the mosque and offering private access to school board officials to push Islamic values into public schools. This is betrayal, pure and simple.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. Mosques aren’t just houses of prayer but beachheads for a broader agenda. The mosque serves as a house where Muslim devotees gather for salat (prayer) and worship Allah and his messenger, the Prophet Muhammad. Aside from worshiping Allah, a mosque is used for various reasons. These meeting places are perfect warehouses of indoctrination and future terrorists, who are made to read and understand the principles of Jihad, martyrdom, and Dar ul Harb (“land of war”—any place not Islamized). Mosques cost money, and the money for these warehouses of intolerance comes straight from Saudi Arabia, the number one terrorist state in the world.

The Islamic Association of North Texas hosts “Muslim Day” celebrations, attracting outsiders to soften their defenses. Islamic schools in Plano churn out the next generation, indoctrinated to prioritize Sharia over the Constitution. Halal markets and businesses cater exclusively to Muslims, creating parallel economies that exclude the broader community. This isn’t integration – it’s colonization.

It is tragic that while our courageous service members are losing life and limb in far and away places fighting Islamofascism, useful idiots and servile politicians of the highest rank at home bend over backward to accommodate, even promote, Islamism.

Texas must hold the line. The investigations must crush EPIC’s ambitions. Residents must keep the pressure on, flooding public hearings and demanding accountability from leaders like Muns. Use the Second Amendment, and the spirit of the Alamo still burns bright in Texas. If EPIC City rises, it’s a death knell for American sovereignty in Collin County. Plano’s five mosques and 10,000 Muslims are already a warning shot. Let’s not wait for the next one. Fight now, or Texas falls.