City council approves massive mosque compound in TX suburb despite heated opposition
August 7, 2026 | Vivek Saxena
Despite massive opposition, the McKinney City Council in Texas voted Tuesday to approve the construction of a giant new mosque.
The McKinney Islamic Association, which Dallas station KDFW notes “has been a part of the community since the 1990s,” has been trying to build a new mosque compound in town for a couple of years but was originally blocked because the planned buildings didn’t meet city standards.
Years later, the association has submitted a new plan that officials say does meet city standards. The problem now, however, is that many of the city’s residents have since woken up to the threat of radical Islam.
“The freedom to choose our faith or not does not exist in political Islam. Ask any Muslim what the penalty is for leaving political Islam. It’s death,” Rep. Keith Self, a Republican, warned during Tuesday’s city council hearing.
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