A Texas mayor opens public schools to Muslim values
The mayor of Plano brings a radical Islamist mosque onto the school board to spread «Muslim values» in schools.
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In Plano, a city in the state of Texas (United States), controversy has erupted following a video published on 20 April by journalist Amy Mek on the RAIR Foundation USA website. In these images, Mayor John B. Muns is seen inside the East Plano Islamic Centre (EPIC), a mosque known for its radical positions. There, the mayor Offers religious leaders direct access to the school board to promote Islamic values within the city's state schools..
The mosque in question is the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC). Its leader, Yasir Qadhi, has on several occasions been accused of holding extremist views, such as denying the Holocaust or justifying the death penalty for homosexuals and those who leave Islam. He has also stated that Christians are “dirty polytheists” and that their lives “have no value” in times of jihad.
Islamic values in public schools
During the meeting with the mayor, the religious leader Yasir Qadhi demanded that Plano's public education system respect Islamic moral values.. He criticised current education for including content on gender identity, inclusive sex education and the normalisation of homosexuality, and called for that these topics are not promoted among Muslim students. According to him, families have the right to pass on to their children the principles of Sharia, the Islamic law, without ideological interference.
Qadhi demanded guarantees that The traditional Muslim family will be protected within the education system., and that the school curriculum will not contradict their religion. He stated: “We want guarantees that the integrity of the family will be paramount and that we will be allowed to pass on our values to our children as we see fit.” These demands, presented as religious rights, andThey involve a direct rejection of the inclusion of LGBTQ content in schools., and open the door to a debate on the boundaries between religious freedom and educational neutrality.
Preferential treatment of Islam by the mayor
What has raised the most alarm is that other religious communities, such as Christian churches or Hindu temples, have also expressed concern about sex education and gender ideology in public schools. But they have never had direct access to the school board or private meetings with politicians.
The situation has generated concern among conservative sectors in Texas, who see this preferential treatment as a threat to the neutrality of the public education system. The RAIR Foundation, which has published the article and the video, is calling for accountability and warning about it. the expansion of a radical ideological project disguised as inclusion.
The influence of EPIC on Texas politics
While Mayor Muns is handing out public accolades at the EPIC mosque, its leaders are executing a far more ambitious plan: lthe construction of EPIC City, a 160-hectare closed Islamic community which is provoking confrontations between politicians and citizens. This project includes more than 1,000 homes, a mega-mosque, an Islamic school, shops and financial services adapted to Islamic law (Sharia), as well as clinics, care homes for the elderly and shopping centres, all under a religious and segregated structure.
EPIC City is not just a housing development. It is the next step in the creation of a parallel society within Texas: religiously exclusive, legally opaque and culturally isolated from its surroundings. A model that has been operating discreetly in Plano for more than ten years, as we analysed on Percepcions.cat in the article “The Islamic version of the American dream exists in Texas”This project is currently under investigation, amid growing questions about how far EPIC's influence extends within Texas politics and society.
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