Friday, May 08, 2026

Muslim Public Park Event in Texas Canceled after Gov Threatens City Funding

A private event for Muslims at a Texas city-owned water park has been canceled following backlash and a direct threat by Gov. Greg Abbott ...

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 09:30 PM | 27 COMMENTS | permalink

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Texas Gov. Abbott threatens to yank state funds if city doesn't cancel 'Muslim only' waterpark event

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-- New York Post (@nypost.com) May 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM

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Event organizers: "Anyone of a different faith who wants to celebrate the Eid holiday with us and adhere to the modest dress code is welcome to attend."

A spokesperson for the City of Grand Prairie said the city canceled the DFW Epic Eid Celebration scheduled for 1 June at the Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark.

"After further review and in the best interest of the City of Grand Prairie, the 1 June Eid event at Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark has been canceled."

Epic Waters opened in 2017 after voters approved a 0.25% sales tax. The park is available for rent at a cost of $5,000 an hour.

Texas population (2025): ~31,709,821
Muslims: ~313,200
Jews: ~120,000

How will America ever get rid of foreign interference in its body politic?

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-08 02:26 PM

"Hamas!"

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-08 03:37 PM

Jamas

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-08 05:43 PM

"Argh! Stupid Afghan interpreters who helped USSOF in Afghanistan against the Taliban want to use our Texas waterparks! Blargh! We'll show'em, Bibi! Gargh!"

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-08 05:53 PM

More from the cited The Cristian Post article ...

... A spokesperson for the City of Grand Prairie said Thursday the city canceled the DFW Epic Eid Celebration scheduled for June 1 at the Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark.

"After further review and in the best interest of the City of Grand Prairie, the June 1 Eid event at Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark has been canceled," the spokesperson said.

The event at the city-owned waterpark was initially promoted with flyers describing it as "Muslims only" and included a modest dress code requiring burkinis for women, halal food, a private prayer room and rules encouraging attendees to maintain personal space and "lower the gaze."

After backlash on social media, organizers updated promotional materials to state that "all are welcome," provided attendees follow the modest dress code. ...


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-08 10:07 PM

@#5

I do not see the reason why this event was cancelled by whoever.

Can anyone explain that reason?


thx.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-08 10:24 PM

Can anyone explain that reason?

Given that it was a private event, I have no idea.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-08 10:46 PM

Given that it was a private event, I have no idea.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL

On public property?

What if they said no homosexuals? Or Blacks, Whites?

Or Canadians?

Publicly owned spaces should be open to all.

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-08 11:29 PM

@#7 ... Given that it was a private event, I have no idea. ...

Yeah, that was my concern [question?] also.

Can a private group reserve a public space in Grand Prairie, TX for their own purpose?

That seems to be the unanswered question here.

What are the laws of that particular area?


#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-08 11:43 PM

" The park is available for rent at a cost of $5,000 an hour."

If this group paid or arranged to pay the rental fee I'm not sure what reason why it would be cancelled by the state.

#10 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-08 11:43 PM

Can a private group reserve a public space in Grand Prairie, TX for their own purpose?

No idea.

#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-09 12:57 AM

#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-09 12:59 AM

Publicly owned spaces should be open to all.

#8 | Posted by oneironaut

What if you're a stupid pile of s*&^?

I'd be OK with banning you from public property, s*&^bag.

#13 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-09 02:02 AM

I'm not sure what reason why it would be cancelled by the state.

#10 | Posted by BellRinger

You're not actually this dumb, are you?

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-09 02:02 AM

#14. The reporting is ambiguous. State law prohibits religious discrimination, which is Why this group belatedly made it "open" just so long as any non Muslim attendees adhered to "their"" dress code.

#15 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-09 02:22 AM

*** "Inside the Texas GOP's Anti-Muslim Campaigning" ***

Link: www.texasmonthly.com

#16 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-09 03:11 AM

Our local YMCA has set aside time each week so local Muslim women can use the pool.
Funny how the guys can go and ogle the white girls but the women must remain pure and demure.

#17 | Posted by mattm at 2026-05-09 11:18 AM

#17

Couple of points:

Could you clarify the "white girls" remark? It sounds a lot more ignorant than you may have intended.

Also, you're aware that hypocrisy is not exactly a rare characteristic in human behavior, right?

#18 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-09 12:03 PM

Publicly owned spaces should be open to all.
#8 | Posted by oneironaut

Shouldn't you be getting runned over by a tank in the world's largest public square?

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-09 12:06 PM

" Funny how the guys can go and ogle the white girls but the women must remain pure and demure.

#17 | POSTED BY MATTM AT 2026-05-09 11:18 AM | FLAG: "

It's cultural. In Islam women cover their bodies because they view their bodies as belonging to their husbands and only their husbands are allowed to see their bare flesh.

#20 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-09 12:56 PM

Funny how the guys can go and ogle the white girls but the women must remain pure and demure.

#17 | Posted by mattm

The thing that always makes me chuckle a little is when I see a woman wearing a hijab but has beautifully done up hair and makeup, painted on jeans and a low cut shirt.

Talk about mailing it in.

#21 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-09 02:08 PM

'CITY OWNED"....Can you dumbfx read that ? or understand why it should be open to everyone..

every time it's opened.

best governor in the country....he proved that with razor wire in the rio grande

and he's proving it again.

#22 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-05-10 12:55 PM

#22

STD ** is stupid in a way that is almost majestic. His stupidity is not the ordinary kind, the forgivable, relatable kind that all of us carry in patches and compartments. His is total. Unified. A stupidity that has achieved something like integrity. There is not one chamber of his mind operating at even a remedial level of insight. He has been wrong about everything, always, without exception, without a single accidental correct answer slipping through, which statistically should be impossible and yet here he is, a living rebuke to probability. If you put him in a room with a hundred doors and told him the exit was behind one of them, he would find the ninety-nine wrong ones first, in sequence, and then stand in front of the last door and walk into the wall beside it.**
** - I figured out why you chose a name to be shortened to STD. You have an ABI caused during your birth because your mother had a venereal disease. Calling yourself STD makes you feel close to her, doesn't it?

#121 | Posted by Chantresse at 2026-01-23 02:47 PM

:-)

#23 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-10 12:57 PM

Those poor Muslims

#24 | Posted by THEBULL at 2026-05-10 07:36 PM

Ogle the white girls was an observation that the Muslim men would watch the white girls. They would come to watch young girls play soccer as well.
Hypocrisy is multi cultural.

#25 | Posted by mattm at 2026-05-10 09:47 PM

@#22 ... 'CITY OWNED"....Can you dumbfx read that ? ...

So, then, why cannot citizens of the city use that space?

#26 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-10 09:56 PM

Municipal pools have been reserved for Hasidic Jewish women.

Link: www.cbsnews.com

#27 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-10 10:01 PM

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