Houston enables mega-mosque to be built in the city

It appears that any previous claims Texas governor Greg Abbott closed down continued construction of mosques in the Lone Star State were exaggerated, as the following report suggests:

The stone tapestry, with its triangular patterns, illuminates at night and has shadows in the day.

The Ismaili Center, Houston, an architecturally grand cultural and religious space and one of only seven worldwide, has completed construction and is opening to the public next month.

Why it matters: The 150,000-square-foot center — the first in the U.S. — blends Islamic and contemporary design. It spans 11 acres and sits along Buffalo Bayou.

Christine Williams notes:

Where does the Ismaili Center stand with regard to Sharia law and texts in the Qur’an that are diametrically opposed to Western law? These are important questions for the sake of national security.

The Ismailis today renounce violence. Nevertheless, they have a significant history of conquest by the sword; most significantly, the Fatimid Caliphate that resulted in the conquest of Egypt. The Fatimids founded Cairo as their new capital and persecuted Christians and Jews. Their dynasty included North Africa, Egypt and Syria. This major imperial power was in rivalry with the Abbasids.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, many other churches, synagogues, Torah scrolls, religious artifacts and buildings in and around Jerusalem, were destroyed under Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, aka “the mad Caliph” and also “Nero of Egypt.”

History is forgotten by most today, under the spell of Islamic taqiyya.

Which translates from Arabic to English as "deception". That this mosque was allowed to be built at all, and will most likely continue to be allowed to open and operate by the Texas government, is a horrible defeat for the USA, and suggests that even current conservatives in charge do not have what it takes to dismantle these footholds by the enemy in society.