What's Going on Near Plano, TX? Former Detective Introduces Us to 'EPIC City'

We have heard it time and again: America is a nation of immigrants. We pride ourselves on the fact that millions of people from all over the world have seen America, as Ronald Reagan said, as the "shining city on a hill," the place where they could find a better life for themselves and their families. But something is happening. The immigrants of the last century came to America because they wanted to assimilate into American culture. They wanted to become Americans. Now, there is no such intention. And in one case, isolation, not assimilation, appears to be the goal.

EPIC City isn’t just a religious community - it’s a parallel society in the making.

Schools, businesses, laws - all centered on Sharia. This isn't about religious freedom - Muslims already have that - This is about the fact that Sharia Law is in direct conflict with the U.S.…
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On Sunday night, Fox News Host Mark Levin, on his show "Life, Liberty, and Levin," had on as his guest former Plano, Texas detective, now private investigator Douglas Deaton. Deaton came on to tell Levin about a very curious proposal that could happen in Plano. The proposal is for a massive 400-plus acre development called "EPIC City." What's the problem with EPIC City? Potentially, a lot.

For starters, the "EPIC" in EPIC City is an acronym that stands for "East Plano Islamic Center." Deaton explained that the Center is already in existence. There are already some 74 single-family homes near a large mosque in East Plano, a suburb of Dallas. The proposal is for a massive 402-acre expansion of the site, which would contain around 1,000 homes and other mixed-use developments. However, the fear is that the true nature of this site is for it to become an exclusive Muslim-only community. Deaton went on to say that this fear has been brought about by the development's own promotional materials.

But an even bigger problem than the massive growth of the site is talk that the idea behind EPIC City would be a Sharia law-only community. Deaton says that those behind the Islamic Center deny that both publicly and through attorneys. However, EPIC is working with something called the UIF Corporation, which has on its website a Sharia-compliant Supervisory Board. UIF also has an office at the current Islamic Center. It gets better; a past UIF Corporation president is a co-founder of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, which Deaton describes as "very, very serious about making sure that Sharia has a seat at the table when it comes to reimagining Islam in the West."

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TX AG Ken Paxton is expanding his investigation into the East Plano Islamic Center.@KenPaxtonTX is demanding communications between city officials and EPIC, EPIC officials, Community Capitol Partners.

EPIC is currently under multiple investigations over several… pic.twitter.com/W14UU7NVHK
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) April 14, 2025

Deaton related another disturbing story about the existing Islamic Center. When the initial development was being built, the first house was a vast single-family home, which Deaton described as looking "more like a fortress" than a home. It was being constructed just a few feet from the Plano Police Academy. The best part: There was a second-story platform that overlooked the area where there is a secured access parking area and where the Plano police department stores bomb disposal equipment. This structure was built even before the mosque. The owner of the house is the president of the East Plano Islamic Center and the co-founder of the Yaqeen Institute, which Deaton claims is "indisputably a pro-Sharia organization."

The next logical question is: Who is funding all this? There will be homes, apartments, condos, senior living, schools, everything an independent community would need. The answer to that is sketchy. Deaton says that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is aware of this, and his office is investigating.

In Europe, the result of the refusal to assimilate into a country's culture by many Muslim immigrants is on full display. "No-go zones," in predominantly Muslim areas that are openly hostile to the natural-born citizens of a country, especially Jewish citizens, are well documented across Europe. If this is happening in Texas, it can happen elsewhere in the U.S.

Epic City; Douglas Deaton, retired Plano police officer spills the goods.

Epic City (East Plano Islamic Center), the Center already has 74 existing homes right next to a massive mosque. 1,000 homes planned mixed use development.

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