Texas City Scraps “Muslim Only” Waterpark Event After Gov. Abbott Threatened to yank State Funds

A Texas city scrapped a “Muslim only” holiday event hosted by an Islamic group at a taxpayer-funded waterpark hours after Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to pull state funding if it went forward. Grand Prairie city officials axed the upcoming Eid event at Epic Indoor Park Wednesday night, shortly after the Republican warned Mayor Ron Jensen that the state would yank $530,000 in public safety grants if the gathering — initially advertised as “exclusively reserved for Muslims” — wasn’t shut down. “After further review and in the best interest of the City of Grand Prairie, the June 1 Eid event at...