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Waterpark scraps Muslim-only event after Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatens to pull funding
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Waterpark scraps Muslim-only event after Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatens to pull funding

The Independent·Graig Graziosi·25 days ago
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A private party advertised as " Muslims only" at a Texas waterpark has been cancelled after Governor Gregg Abbott threatened to pull the state funding the facility receives. For the past two years, Dr. Aminah Knight has held a private Eid celebration at the Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark in Grand Prairie, Texas. The waterpark is owned by the city, but is operated by a third-party company, according to CBS News . In advertising the celebration this year, Knight included the phrase "Muslims only" on a private flyer passed around within the community. When news that a city-owned park was hosting an event that had initially advertised itself as only allowing Muslims to participate reached Abbott, he threatened to pull the park's funding. The park cancelled the event as a result. "An event at a city-owned pool that was publicly and indiscriminately advertised as 'Whites only' would surely violate the Constitution," the letter said. "...…

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