A public water park in Texas advertises itself as a “Muslim-only” space”
Epic Waters in Dallas is introducing religious segregation at its water parks. The park is creating a “Muslim-only” day. The proposal includes a dress and behavior code, halal food, and prayer areas.
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The Dallas Express has uncovered the case of the planned Muslim party at Epic Waters, an indoor water park located in Grand Prairie, in the Dallas metropolitan area. The venue is set to host an Islamic celebration organised by the East Plano Islamic Center on 1 June. The case has erupted because The event's promotional materials presented the day as an “Muslims only” event.”.
Epic Waters is no ordinary private venue. It isIt is a publicly owned water park. funded with taxpayers' money. After the scandal, the organisers amended the promotional message, but the essence of the event remained the same: an Islamic celebration with religious rules within a public facility. Finally, the governor of Texas has abandoned the plan to build a water park. halal.
Female dress code, “lowering one's gaze”, halal food and prayer areas
The rules proposed by the organisers made it clear that it was not just about hiring a water park for a private party. The event's website explained how women should dress, with a specific section offering recommendations for “modest” swimwear. The promotional images showed long swimwear, tunics, ankle-length trousers, long sleeves and garments that covered much of the body, in a direct adaptation of the water park to the demands of Islamic modesty for women. For men there was no indication.
The organisers admitted that men and women would have to share spaces, but they compensated for it with an explicit call to maintain the ’Islamic etiquette“ appropriate to mixed spaces. The FAQ page asked attendees to adopt a «modest attitude» and to behave “respectfully”. This means maintaining personal space, avoiding attitudes considered inappropriate and “to lower one's gaze in front of people of the opposite sex to preserve a “spiritually conscious” atmosphere.
The public park was thus turned into a space halal with a complete religious framework: “Muslims only” access, dress code, rules of conduct, food halal and prayer areas. The final message was clear: Epic Waters was not presenting itself that day as a water park open to any member of the public, but as a facility adapted to Islam.
Muslims try to change the words without changing the substance.
After the avalanche of criticism, The organisers tried to downplay the scandal by altering the promotional message.. The “Muslims only” disappeared from the leaflet and was replaced by “modest dress only” and “everyone is welcome”. Thus, segregation and racism came to be expressed in a more publicly acceptable way. But the essence of the day remained the same.
The organiser, Aminah Knight, told The New York Post that she wanted to “make it clearer” that the event was an Eid celebration focused on modest dress., and not a formal exclusion of non-Muslims. He also argued that the intention was «To create a comfortable space for families and individuals who value modesty in clothing.».
The Texas public didn't understand it, and the pressure went beyond social media. Finally, the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, intervened: He threatened Grand Prairie with the withdrawal of $530,000 in public safety funds if the city did not cancel the event.. Abbott presented the case as a possible breach of anti-discrimination regulations. Ultimately, the city cancelled the 1 June event ’in the best interests of the city of Grand Prairie.“.
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