A taxpayer-funded Texas waterpark is getting splash-back for a
“Muslims only” event next month after a local Islamic group rented out
the facility.
A flier for the DFW Epic Eid event on June 1 noted three times that
attendance was strictly for Muslims — and modest swimsuits are required.
“Seems like a civil rights violation,” one outraged commenter said.
“Should we expect a ‘Christians Only’ day?” another commenter asked.
Radio host Dana Loesch asked, “How is a taxpayer-funded, city-owned
entity allowed to discriminate against non-Muslims at a public water
park?”
After the backlash, the organizer of the event, Aminah Knight, told
The Post that she is backtracking on how she is advertising it — “to
make it clearer that this is a modest dress-only event centered around
celebrating Eid.”
The third-annual event is being held at Epic Waters in Grand Prairie,
outside Dallas, a massive, 80,000-square-feet indoor waterpark opened
in 2017 at a cost of $88 million.
The park was funded by a 0.25% sales tax residents approved at the ballot box in 2014.
The FAQ for the event says “the entire waterpark has been exclusively reserved for Muslims.”
A new flier for the event — released on Monday — removed the worlds
“Muslim only” and replaced it with “modest dress only” and added the
line “come and celebrate Eid with us, all are welcome!”
