A taxpayer-funded indoor waterpark in Texas is facing fierce criticism after advertising a full buyout event billed as “Muslim only” for an Eid celebration next month.
The 3rd Annual DFW Epic Eid at Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark in Grand Prairie – an $88 million facility built with public sales tax money – was promoted with flyers stating three times that attendance was strictly for Muslims.
Promotional material for the event on June 1 suggested that it requires modest swimsuits (burkinis for women, covered swimwear for men), offers halal-slaughtered meat options, includes a private prayer room, and enforces Islamic etiquette such as lowered gaze around the opposite sex.
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After the backlash, organisers updated the flyers to read “modest dress only” and added “all are welcome” – provided guests adhere to the religious dress code.
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However, under the FAQ, it still states the following:
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— iHeartTexas (@iHeart_TX) May 5, 2026
The park itself is not organising the event; it is a standard private rental, but critics point out that a publicly funded venue is effectively closed to regular visitors for a faith-specific gathering.
Imagine if it had been listed as “whites only” or “Christians only.”
This development comes on the heels of revelations that a giant ‘Muslim city’ is being constructed in Texas:
NEW: ‘Muslim City’ in Texas gets legal win after a judge ordered that the state must comply with developers.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 30, 2026
The East Plano Islamic Community (EPIC), which has now been rebranded to The Meadow, will feature 1,000 homes, a mosque, schools, and more.
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EPIC City is slated as an Islamic community-centred development about 40 miles northeast from Dallas, launched by the East Plano Islamic Centre (EPIC).
There are fears that Sharia law will be implemented in the development, despite Texas Governor Greg Abbott noting back in February “To be clear, Sharia law is not allowed in Texas. Nor are Sharia cities. Nor are ‘no go zones’ which this project seems to imply.”
GB News sent a reporter to check out the development:
This is not an isolated case. Similar patterns of open religious segregation when it comes to Islam are emerging across the West.
Take this example from the UK:
In London, multiple landlords have been caught openly advertising rental properties exclusively for Muslims, in clear breach of the Equality Act 2010. Investigations revealed dozens of ads on platforms including Facebook, Gumtree and Telegram specifying “Muslim only,” “only for Muslims,” or “for 2 Muslim boys or 2 Muslim girls.” One ad even targeted “Muslim students only.”
These examples highlight a growing trend: Islamic communities openly demanding and receiving religiously exclusive spaces while any reciprocal preference by native populations would be branded discriminatory and shut down immediately.
The outrage would be instantaneous. Headlines screaming “racism”, “far-right”, “hate” would dominate every broadcast. Equality bodies would swarm in. leftist politicians would demand inquiries. Yet when explicit religious and ethnic preferences are posted openly by Muslims, the response is… crickets from the usual guardians of tolerance.
In the UK, the government has become obsessed with stamping out what it calls “anti-Muslim hostility,” while turning a blind eye to parallel societies forming in plain sight.
Just weeks ago we highlighted that ALL members of the government’s own “anti-Muslim hostility” advisory group have troubling links to Islamist organisations. The state is effectively letting the fox write the rules for the henhouse.
In March the government urged schools to snitch on children and staff for any perceived “anti-Muslim hostility” in an Orwellian crackdown that treats questioning Islam as thoughtcrime.
Mass immigration without assimilation has created no-go cultural enclaves where open religious discrimination is normalised, yet the state’s enforcement arm only swings one way: against native communities who dare to notice or complain. This is not tolerance. It is the slow surrender of equal rights under the law.
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