Mohammed Abdullah and his wife, Aminah Knight, have organized an annual Eid celebration at Epic Waters in Grand Prairie since 2024. The first two events at the city-owned waterpark went off without a hitch.
“One, financially it brings a lot of money to the park, but two, there was never any incidents,” Abdullah told KERA. “Families were happy. People were happy.”
But this year was different. Abdullah, a chaplain and imam began to notice negative chatter online – specifically about the event’s flyer, which, just like in past years, read “Muslims only.”…