The grand opening ceremony of a sprawling 150,000-square-foot “milestone for the global Shia Ismaili Muslim community and a transformative addition to the city’s cultural landscape” has opened in Houston. Amy Mek broke the story here, and here are some more details: “The Ismaili Center opens in Houston — a first for the U.S.,” by Shafaq Patel, Axios, November 6, 2025:
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.
- While its prayer hall will serve Ismaili Muslims daily, the center and its gardens are designed as a community gathering space open to all Houstonians.
Context: Ismailis, a branch of Shia Islam, are guided by a hereditary imam — currently His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, who succeeded his father in February. Believed to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, the imam leads a community of millions across more than 70 countries.
- Houston has the largest population of Ismailis in the U.S. Tens of thousands of Ismailis live in the greater Houston area and attend the region’s several Jamatkhanas, or prayer halls.
Driving the news: At a Thursday dedication ceremony, the Aga Khan and Mayor John Whitmire officially opened the center.
- The imam will visit the Ismaili community in events through Sunday in Houston — his first visit to the U.S. in a religious capacity — marking a deeply spiritual moment for the community.
Flashback: The land was purchased in 2006 by the Aga Khan Foundation, and construction began in 2021….
One would think such a “milestone” would be in a Muslim country, not Texas. There’s a reason why it is regarded as such.
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.
According to Christianity Today:
Some Christians have raised concerns. Houston’s conservative talk radio channel KTRH has broadcast the increased wariness many have toward Muslims. And its reporter B. D. Hobbs recently featured former president of Southern Evangelical Seminary Alex McFarland, who warned about the “growth of Islam in the West” and an alleged Muslim goal of replacing the US Constitution with sharia law.
Christianity Today further noted:
Earlier this year in North Texas, the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC), one of the largest mosques in the region, proposed a residential development of thousands of homes centered around a mosque and Islamic school.
See more about EPIC City HERE.
In Florida, Islamic leaders are now fighting attorney general James Uthmeier’s claim that taxpayer vouchers pose national security threat. It does. Read more HERE.
Sharia law is divine in Islam and adherent Islamic institutes hail the Sharia above American and all other laws. Islam is expansionary today as it has been for 1400 years.
somehistory says
Horrible for Houston. Next to a Bayou. Perhaps….just perhaps….(hint: lots of unexplained deaths in those bayous around Houston….lots)
One can only imagine the horrific noise and the awful traffic….
Hugh Fitzgerald says
The eyes of Texas are upon you. And will be watching very closely to see how you behave.
T.jefferson says
It’s too late, the infiltration is already begun, the fact that this Islamic center is already built and open for business indicates, we are past the point of no return.
Texas eyes can watch all they want, they should have been watching before ground broke on this center.
Sadly, Texas and America will do nothing but WATCH as sharia replaces the Constitution.
OLD GUY says
Get the Bulldozers ready, there’s a job in Houston that need some land cleared. Allowing Islam in America is like allowing a local chapter of the KKK in every town, very big mistake for both. Islam is not a religion any more than any other hate group.
gravenimage says
I hope so, Hugh–but this being built means they are already “messing with Texas”…
Walter Sieruk says
This new huge and even grand Islamic center in Houston, Texas is indeed, a very strong reminder
That the construction mosques across the United States is more the erecting building for Muslims to worship their god, Allah, in. It also has a symbolic meaning.
That meaning has been explained by a former Muslim who is now a Christian, Dr. Daniel Shayesteh, in his book ISLAM THE HOUSE I LEFT BEHIND for in page 99 it informs the reader that “The mosque is vital for establishing Muslims as sovereign over non-Muslims in a non-Islamic society or country. Building a mosque in a non-Islamic society or country symbolizes Islam’s claim over that society or country, even with a non-Muslim majority.”
Walter Sieruk says
This vast and immense Islamic center in Houston Texas is a reflection of the massive Muslim immigration into the United State as wee as the spreading of Islam in the US. It’s almost a type of Muslim colony in America
Therefore, what might be needed is an undated and revised version of the Monroe Doctrine, which was originally designed to stop any further colonialism of the Americas by the European nations, as Spain, Portugal, and France.
Therefore, a new updated and revised version of that Doctrine would put an end, as the US will not tolerate, any further “colonization” of North America and Latin America by any Islamic countries, if it be by massive Muslim immigration or “political intervention” from or by Islamic nations as, for example, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan.
Huh?!? says
Here it is, stealth jihad. Perhaps Uncle Sam can make use of this place. Monitor the comings and goings of Islamists using this place. Use facial recognition software. Islam must be brought to heel and soon.
zimriel says
I suppose, technically, this is a Shi’a compound, so “taqiya” would apply here. (Where it wouldn’t against Sunnis.)
Mamdani is also of Ismaili stock although tacks to the grand Third World project. So Mamdani will side with whatever is worst for us.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Mamdani is actually a Twelver shi’a, which is a different sub-sect of shi’a islam than Ismailiya. The former is the sect followed in Iran, Iraq, Bahrein and Azerbaijan. Whereas the Isrmailiya sect was followed by the Fatimid caliphate in North Africa, and later, the Aga Khan and his followers
However, he seems to be more of a “non-denominational” muslim, who gets along great w/ that blind Sheikh who was a witness for a co-conspirator in the 1993 attempted WTC bombing. He doesn’t look like he’d be anti-sunni, or anti-zaidi or anti-any_other_islamic_sect: he already has his enemies list full w/ Jews, Hindus, Christians and others
gravenimage says
All Muslims can use deceit against the Infidels to spread Islam.
Susan Daniels says
Stupid of Texas to approved such an abomination. Wait until they demand to use a loud speaker five times a day for the call to prayer. In England they can hear it twelve miles away.
Tim gallagher says
It’s extremely foolish for any country to let Muslims in. Hungary and Poland and the Czech republic have the right attitudes. Muslims are a massive problem in France, the UK, etc. I have a feeling that the USA might be able to deal with the Muslims where other countries can’t because so many average citizens have guns. I’m not a fan of guns but when the inevitable civil war becomes necessary, whether in France or the UK, I think that the USA citizens will smash the Muslim enemy and chase them out of the country. In all countries with Muslims there is massive trouble up ahead. How wise those Hungarians and poles look for avoiding the damned problem
James Lincoln says
You are right, Tim.
Western countries that do not have the equivalent of the US Second Amendment will not be able to resist the muslims after they have reached critical mass.
Tim gallagher says
It is something that I have thought for quite a while, James. It is going to get really nasty an d violent in all our countries at some point in the future because the Muslims are bound to try to take over. I can’t see the countries in western Europe winning. I hope I am wrong. For Australia I see China as an even bigger threat than Islam but Islam is a big threat as well. I think the USA citizens will get pissed off and will wipe the floor with Muslim scum. It is probably a long way off but there a lot violence up ahead. The Hungarians look like geniuses for avoiding all this Muslim bullshit.
ploome says
……the Muslims are bound to try to take over…..
Dearborn now NYC, Tlaib, Omar, Obama..and many others..slowly taking Avery advantage and running for any office they can
all this since and BECAUSE of 9/11
the most effective and successful gambit in jihad history
Tim gallagher says
Yes,ploome, Muslims are nothing but trouble. I wish enough people in our western societies would wake up and Islam would be banned and Muslims shut out. Barbaric Muslims don’t deserve to live in decent civilised non Muslim societies.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Tim
It’s tragic that Australia got rid of gun rights after a few shootings. The whole idea of it is to enable people to defend themselves when police are either not available, or otherwise overloaded
PRCS USN (ret) says
And the First Amendment, which both prevents congress from establishing a religion while still permitting one to practice those tenets of their faith which do not afoul of our secular, man-made laws.
The second amendment protects the first.
gravenimage says
+1
somehistory says
What happened to the “Don’t Mess with Texas”? Those words were everywhere when I lived in Texas.
muzzies are “messing” there, for sure.
Wellington says
Depressing.
ploome says
see islamic waqf.
https://nait.net
Alhamdulillah, masajid and Islamic schools are expected to be perpetual. Unfortunately, many Islamic centers founded in the 19th and early 20th Century were lost.
To prevent this in the future, a national Waqf organization, the North American Islamic Trust, Inc. (NAIT) was founded in 1973 by the Muslim Students’ Association of the United States and Canada (MSA).
NAIT maintains its foundational supporting relationship with MSA and the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).
As a Waqf, NAIT holds titles to the real estate assets of Islamic centers and schools in more than forty States. Properties held as Waqf are operated primarily for the purpose of religious worship. In addition to its Waqf role, NAIT pools the American Muslim community’s assets under its Islamic Centers Cooperative Fund, and publishes credible Islamic literature under its American Trust Publications. Through a wholly-owned for-profit subsidiary, NAIT develops financial vehicles that are compatible with both the Shari’ah (Islamic law) and the American law, e.g. mutual funds.
…………..our leaders know not what is happening..we are being assailed in every conceivable way, on every single front.
and our government has given all their fighters tax exempt status
Major Tom says
Islam must be outlawed in America! It is in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution!
bill says
They purchased the kand legitimately so the question is why was it sold to them in the first place. It is not a small amount of land, so why were they permitted to buy it and who sold it? Why did not the local authority
prevnt the sale?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
The more interesting question is – where did they get all the money to buy all that land? Few people, or even organizations, can afford it
gravenimage says
This should be investigated.
Ralph says
Nothing that any Mooslime does in the United States is intended to provide any lasting benefit to our nation. It is all part of the global jihad.
All non-citizen Mooslimes should be deported and no more allowed entrance. There are no good Mooslimes, just as there are no “moderate” Mooslimes. We seem to pay no attention to the subjugation of UK happening before our eyes.
Feisty Granny says
WE’D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE McCARRON-WALTER ACT OF 1952 WAS REPEALED BY CONGRESS IN 1990
Has anyone ever heard of the McCarran-Walter Act Of 1952? This ”selective immigration ban” had been “The Law Of The Land” for nearly 38 years and had been applied on occasions, by US Presidents. Known as the McCarran-Walter Act, or the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, it allowed for the:
Suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by the President, whenever the President finds that the entry of aliens, or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States. The President may, by proclamation, and for such a period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens, or any class of aliens, immigrants, or non-immigrants, or impose any restrictions on the entry of aliens he may deem to be appropriate.
Additionally, it is important to note that the McCarran-Walter Act also requires: “an applicant for immigration must be of good moral character and in agreement with the principles of our Constitution.” Therefore, WE THE PEOPLE of the United States Of America could surmise, since the Quran forbids Muslims to swear allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, then technically, ALL Muslims should, or could be refused the privilege of immigration to America – Right? WRONG!
Who was president when this law was passed? Harry S. Truman (D). Who do you suppose used this law last? Jimmy Carter (D), no less than 37 years ago, in 1979, to keep Iranians out of the United States of America.
Donald J. Trump has been savagely criticized for wanting to enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 by suggesting that the U.S.A. should limit, or temporarily suspend the immigration of certain ethnic groups, nationalities, and even people of certain religions (Muslims), until the US government could get a “handle” on the situation of Islamic immigration. Criticisms that said that Donald Trump was being un-American, dumb, stupid, reckless, dangerous and racist. Many Congressmen (of both houses) within his own GOP party swore that they would never allow such legislation!! Well, Surprise, Surprise, LIARS!! We the People found it!! Anyone can verify it: Just look up:
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952 — BUT — you’ll see that the globalist congress had already begun amending the law set down in this Act to suit their own agenda when they decided to repeal it completely in 1990 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1990!
I wonder how many American citizens knew that these sneaky, traitorous politicians pulled THIS off without us being aware that we were being sabotaged. QUIETLY repealed the McCarran Warner Act of 1952 forbidding “muslims” from holding office!! Members of that congress were Cheney, McCain (dead), Biden, Gore, Kerry, McConnell, Feinstein, Waters, Schumer, and Pelosi. See the agenda? The very same old treasonous traitor team was at work even way back then. They sure had some grandiose plan to sell us down the river, didn’t they?? For a government of, for, and by the people, we sure don’t have much say, do we? Our ”representatives” pull sneaky stuff behind our backs without notifying us and giving us a voice in what goes on. That has to stop!! Those named above are traitors, this we know. Those bastards had treason on their minds when they repealed this act. By repealing this Act completely, they were able to infiltrate so many muslims into our government, including congress, who want to ”change” us – our republic, and our Constitution.
Why? For what purpose?? What else did they change that would hurt America? These are the very ones fighting so hard against the wall to protect our southern borders, also! They have also been trying their most devious tricks to make it possible to disarm us. They are trying to impeach our president, elected BY THE PEOPLE!! Again I ask – Why?? They seem to be doing everything in their power to leave Americans vulnerable and at risk. We need them out of our government now, and either in GITMO or hanged!
We also need a White House petition telling President Trump WE’D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE McCarron-WALTER ACT OF 1952 WAS REPEALED BY CONGRESS IN 1990. WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT IT REINSTATED IN ITS ORIGINAL WORDING – AND WE WANT IT ENFORCED!! MAGA!!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
So EPIC city was not enough?
Why don’t they set up their Ismaili community somewhere in a muslim country, such as Egypt or Jordan or even Saudi Arabia? Those countries are a lot less fanatical on this front than they used to be, so now, those would be good places for such projects
somehistory says
Except that those places are already ruined by muzzies. These people want the ruin the U.S. as they are ruining the U.K., Sweden, France, Germany, etc.
But, you know that.
gravenimage says
Texas: Sprawling 150,000-square-foot Islamic center opens in Houston
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Suicidal insanity.