McKINNEY, Texas—In Collin County, home to a growing Muslim population, residents of McKinney have been gathering signatures to recall the city council members and the mayor who approved a mosque site plan after a tense city council meeting in August.
A few miles south, on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, protesters gathered outside a Plano mosque, waving American flags and holding signs about Jesus and “Don’t Mecca My Texas,” as Muslims passed by on their way to prayer.
To the east in the rural part of the county, what’s known as EPIC city, a 1,000-home Muslim development, anchored by a mosque, remains on hold. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued to stop construction amid public concerns that the enclave would promote sharia, or Islamic law….