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Experts Raise Questions About McKinney Islamic Association Before Council Vote

The McKinney Islamic Association is facing continued scrutiny after the McKinney City Council announced it will be holding a final vote on a proposed mosque and Islamic center.

Last week, it was revealed that McKinney’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend approval of the association’s plan to build a new mosque and community campus off Virginia Parkway near two residential neighborhoods. The council is scheduled to approve or deny the project at its Aug. 4 meeting.

Ammon Blair, senior fellow for the Secure & Sovereign Nation initiative at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, told the Daily Signal that Texas needs to “demand complete transparency regarding MIA’s funding, foreign contributions, institutional affiliations, tribunal activities, use of campus facilities, dispute-resolution practices, and protections against coercion.”

“Texas must enforce one constitutional order, one civil sovereign, and one controlling rule of law,” he said. “No religious, ideological, political, or foreign-linked organization stands above that standard.”

The proposed site for the center is a 5-acre tract that would include a 37,000-square-foot facility with a mosque, educational spaces, gymnasium, and meeting rooms. The facility would accommodate up to 3,000 people.

Residents have raised concerns about noise, traffic congestion, and potential impacts on property values in the area.

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Despite those concerns, McKinney City Councilman Patrick Cloutier told attendees at last week’s meeting that the council has limited authority over the proposal.

The Islamic association purchased the property years ago and originally sought to build a 45,000-square-foot building, which would have required a zoning change, Cloutier said. The group later reduced the size of the project to comply with the property’s existing zoning.

The McKinney Islamic Association currently operates a mosque on Eldorado Parkway in a shopping center that includes multiple businesses. The organization says its growing congregation has created the need for a larger........

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