In March 2025 the Texas Funeral Service Commission sent a cease and desist order to the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) ordering “the mosque to stop what it alleged were unlicensed funeral services, and the commission accused the mosque of operating a funeral home without a license.”
According to this recent article from the Dallas Morning News EPIC responded by saying “it was not running a business or embalming, but stopped its religious funeral rites at the time.”
According to court documents, EPIC said the cease-and-desist letter resulted in at least 11 congregants being buried without receiving Janaza prayers at their home mosque…