A cewar jaridar New York Times, gwamnan jihar Texas Greg Abbott na kokarin hana musulmi gina gida da masallaci a wani fili mai girman eka 400 kusa da birnin Josephine na jihar Texas.
Gwamnan na Republican ya sanar a kafafen sada zumunta a karshen watan Fabrairu ta hanyar sake buga wani faifan bidiyo game da aikin: "Domin a fayyace, an haramta shari'ar Musulunci a Texas, kuma babu wani birni da aka yarda ya tilasta tsarin Shari'a."
A daya bangaren kuma, "Dan Cogdell," wani tsohon lauya mai kare laifuka da Cibiyar Musulunci ta dauki hayar don kare aikin, ya ce: "Babu laifi a nan." Wannan maimaita martani ne bayan 9/11.
Kafin Abbott ya shiga tsakani, an ɗan ji labarin aikin a wajen Arewacin Texas. Yanzu kusan duk jihar ta ji labarin.
Abbott ya raba game da aikin aƙalla sau 11 a cikin 'yan makonnin nan. Ya ba da shawarar cewa mai yiwuwa masu ginin sun karya ka'idojin gidaje da kudade na gaskiya kuma sun zargi Cibiyar Musulunci da yin jana'izar ba bisa ka'ida ba.
Hukunce-hukuncen jihar sun haifar da adawa ga aikin gidaje na Epic City kafin a gabatar da wani shiri na farko. A wani taro na duba wannan aiki a gundumar Kalin; Wurin da aka kafa wani bangare na wannan shiri ya cika da sa'o'i na ta'aziyyar jama'a cike da maganganun da suka saba wa Musulunci.
Wannan taron, wanda ya kamata a tattauna abubuwan fasaha na aikin kawai, ya rikide zuwa fage na kishin addini. Mahalarta taron da dama sun bayyana rashin amincewarsu da gina wannan rukunin gidaje na addini, inda suka bayar da misali da jita-jita da ikirarin da ba su da tushe.
Haka kuma an yi wasu yunƙurin hana wasu ƙananan ayyukan raya ƙasa mallakar musulmi a Arewacin Texas, ciki har da rikicin da aka daɗe ana yi a birnin Blue Ridge.