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Posted on 05/11/2026 11:05:22 AM PDT by Morgana
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - A planned celebration of an important Muslim holiday at a Grand Prairie water park has been canceled after backlash over religious discrimination.
What we know:
DFW Epic Eid was planned to be held on June 1st to celebrate Eid al-Adha, an important day of celebration in the Islamic calendar, at Epic Waters in Grand Prairie. Now, the private event will no longer take place.
The City of Grand Prairie released the following statement to FOX 4 on Wednesday:
"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 city had previously stated it would work with Epic Waters management to ensure all policies were being adhered to before the event was canceled. Threats from Abbott lead to cancellation
Dig deeper:
A letter sent to the City of Grand Prairie from the office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to pull $530,000 in public safety grants if the city held the event.
The letter states that the event was being advertised as "Muslim Only" before changing its advertisements to state only a requirement of a modest dress code.
"The event purports to be public-facing and discriminatory at the same time: All Muslims—but only Muslims—may attend. An event at a city-owned pool that was publicly and indiscriminately advertised as "Whites only" would surely violate the Constitution," part of the letter reads.
Gov. Abbott had previously sent a message on X condemning the event.
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Good for him!
“Muslim celebration at Grand Prairie water park canceled after Gov. Abbott threatens to pull city funding”. Figures, I wanted to attend and have a pig roast.
” a requirement of a modest dress code.”
Typical overbearing muzzie mentality.
“You must comply”
In contrast, the Christian churches I’ve been associated with believe all are welcome, come as you are.
The difference between light and dark is obvious.
They need to take their Muzzie celebrations home. We’ve already got all the holidays we need with American, Mexico’s and Afrika’s. Take yours back to where the hell they came from.
The roving vendors hawking Akbars will lose money.
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The uproar around here has been very strong.
We DO NOT want any damn muslims to party on our dime there.
Local talk shows have discussion this. The ones I listen to, do not have many wanting this event to go forward. Those 7th century barbarians need to understand they are NOT special. They MUST obey the Constitution here, not their traditional effing FU that is their laws.
Texans don’t want their pedo worshipping asses here.
Most of us are ready to play Cowboys and Muslims here.
We need the government to go hard on shutting down their mosques as terrorism sites.
Join everyone else or move back to a muslim country that probably don’t have Water-parks because it’s entertainment and having fun and that’s against their religion
The evil collectivists shouldn’t be in America. Texas Governor Abbott shouldn’t even have to make that decision.
People have to steel themselves for a future that includes thes kinds of incidents
Was the park rented for the day by some Muslim group? That’s seems OK to me as long as it’s available for rent to say, a Christians only group or a whites only group.
Texas City Scraps “Muslim Only” Waterpark Event After Gov. Abbott Threatened to yank State Funds
05/08/2026 4:15:07 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 24 replies
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